Anywhere else in the world, more trees would be a blessing. But in the far north of Alaska, they’re a reckoning. As the Arctic warms up to four times as fast as the rest of the planet, white spruce ...

We were pushing through head-high willows along a brushy caribou trail, five days into our week-long trek across Alaska's Noatak valley, when my hiking partner, Brad Meiklejohn, startled me with a ...

Blue spruce (Picea pungens f. glauca), also called Colorado blue spruce, is a beautiful tree with blue-gray needles. Being colorful and relatively drought tolerant, it’s a favorite of many homeowners ...

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the White Spruce. This species is found in the North Woods of Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

A 60-year-old, 48-foot white spruce tree will soon make its way from Nova Scotia to the Boston Common as part of a more than 100-year-old tradition. Each year, Nova Scotia sends Massachusetts a ...

A 45-foot white spruce from Nova Scotia was selected for the province's annual gift to the city of Boston. The tree is an annual gift to show appreciation for Boston's help after the Halifax Explosion ...