PALISADES PARK — Marcy Miller rested her head gently on the California palm tree, tears welling in her eyes as she embraced the trunk, memories of her now deceased father, once a worker in a lumber ...

Twenty-two-year-old environmental activist Truphena Muthoni Environmental activist Truphena Muthoni becomes the first person to hug a tree continuously for 72 hours on December 11, 2025. [Amos Kiarie, ...

JERUSALEM -- Since embracing family and friends is off-limits these days because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority say people can find comfort in a different way by ...

Look to the right, and see summer. Cottonwoods leaf a lively green in the bosque. To the left, see fall. A coating of crisp, brown leaves covers the ground. Branches are bare, or have just a few ...

Cason and Philip Wolcott chose to buy the house on a small Gresham side street because a large grove of majestic trees abutted its backyard. When a neighbor died shortly after they moved in six years ...

In Finland's Halipuu Forest, a family has developed a novel way to save their fragile forest: by inviting guests in to hug the trees. Next summer, the fifth-annual World Tree Hugging Championships ...

Koalas clinging onto trunks may look like one of nature’s cutest things online, but their tree-hugging is actually deeply rooted in survival. In the wild, koalas aren't lounging around; they do live ...