Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. This year for Arbor Day this year we climbed into the NPR archives to find our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction and kids' books. Scroll ...

Time spent among trees is ever more widely understood to be time spent reducing stress, clearing one’s mind and extending one’s life. Nature enthusiasts say “forest bathing”, as walking in the woods ...

This story is part of Grist’s Summer Dreams arts and culture series, a weeklong exploration of how popular fiction can influence our environmental reality. If you have warm, fuzzy memories of reading ...

There are some 73,000 species of trees on Earth, according to one recent estimate. The writer Daniel Lewis zeroed in on a tiny fraction of them for his new book, "Twelve Trees." Each chapter is one ...

In May, Radheshyam Bishnoi died in a road accident near Jaisalmer while trying to intercept poachers. Devoted to protecting the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard, the 28-year-old ...