From wooden boards to gourds, from rice paper to silk, the pyrography artists of Juancheng use fire as ink and the heated pen as their brush, writing a contemporary chapter of this ancient art on ...

Emily Rose Hastie's journey into the fire-based art form of pyrography started with a cheese board. A high school teacher from the Gold Coast, Hastie had recently rekindled her childhood love of ...

On a hot summer afternoon, the difference between one city block and the next can feel like a different world. On one street, the sun beats down from above while the pavement radiates heat from below.

Learn how to engrave wood with burning to create a wood-burned cutting board that’ll make a striking and memorable keepsake. Wood-burned cutting boards make original, functional, and beautiful gifts.

Nanyang Pyrography, a delicate ancient Chinese craft that paints with a "fire needle," is experiencing a vibrant revival in the modern era, thanks to dedicated preservation efforts and creative ...

Think of flood prevention and you might imagine huge concrete dams, levees or the shiny Thames barrier. But some of the most powerful tools for reducing flood risk are far more natural and widely ...

The Bradford pear tree, with its fluffy white early-spring blossoms, is a looker. Even the tree's putrid aroma emitted at full-bloom hasn't kept it from becoming a go-to ornamental option for ...

As we hang far above the ground on a sunny October day, it would be easy to focus on the blue crests of hills and the small towns tucked in between. But Richard Peters, who’s with me inside a metal ...

The urgent race to save North America’s iconic trees imperiled by invasive pests and pathogens. In waves across the land, some of North America’s iconic tree species are dying from a myriad of ...

Mossy trees are found in abundance in regions such as the Pacific Northwest and can make one feel captivated by their fairytale feel. The green fuzzy mats with a soft texture are considered ...

On a promontory above Puget Sound, a Douglas fir with arms bent at right angles stands above a quiet cove, where shellfish would have been gathered, long before this place was settled by newcomers.