Vessels in a tree’s xylem transport water from the roots to the rest of the plant. Hardwood tree species tend to have large vessels. This gives hardwood floorboards a coarser-grained and less uniform ...

Follow live updates on the Texas floods, where the death toll has surpassed 100, including Camp Mystic counselors and campers.

Aidan Heartfield was on the phone with his father when their family’s cabin was swept away in the Texas floods. A team is searching for any signs of Heartfield.

The longleaf pine needles that are used for landscaping burn at a rate of 7.5 feet per minute, while mulched pine and cypress bark burn from between 5 inches and a foot per minute.

Oversight was loosened as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before the floods, a review ...

A well-used section of St. Marys’ Grand Trunk Trail from Ingersoll Street to the Sarnia Bridge will soon be better lit thanks to an anonymous donation of $60,000.

Nancy Epperson, right, and Brooklyn Pucek, 6, visit a memorial for flood victims along the Guadalupe River on July 10, in ...

Get information on Cypress Lakes High School in Katy, TX including enrollment, state testing assessments and student body breakdown.

Cedar and cypress bark mulch are ingredients that excel as mulching materials for trees, shrubs, and perennial flowers. These organic materials come in different particle sizes.

The Francis Beidler forest land near the Four Holes Swamp could be under threat by an expansion of a right-of-way by ...

Viral rashes can affect children and adults alike. Learn how to recognize them, how they're spread, and how to treat them.