The Los Angeles Police Department has conducted a new search in connection with the disappearance of Christina Downer nearly a year after she went missing. Downer is the sister of ‘Saturday Night Live’ writer Jimmy Fowlie. 38-year-old Downer was last heard from in December 2025, investigators said. She was last seen in Los Angeles’ Koreatown … Read more
US District Judge Ana C Reyes is in the spotlight after she sharply criticized the Trump administration over the cutting of hundreds of trees at a Washington golf course. Here is everything we know about her: Golfers tee off near log sections cut and tree stumps at the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington. (AP … Read more
PC: Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum An American elm in Oklahoma City has survived more than a century of change, including one of the city’s darkest moments. Foresters believe the tree was planted around 1920. By 1947, it had grown into a mature tree in the backyard of a family home. The house later … Read more
Not much in the world has survived to be known as old as the dinosaurs, but when it comes to a recently discovered insect species, the statement holds true. Some 99 million years ago, a tiny insect belonging to a previously unknown species became trapped in tree resin. The resin hardened and turned into amber; … Read more
As per the online report, the Bruha family eventually sold its GM, and the tractor spent years working on another farm. Then, decades later, Bruha came across an old John Deere sitting beneath a shade tree on another Nebraska property. Some family heirlooms sit in attics or pass quietly from one generation to the next. … Read more
Two wildlife crossings are planned over State Route 62 near Joshua Tree National Park. (Photo: KTLA) Wildlife crossings are increasingly being used across the United States to help animals safely navigate roads and highways, while reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions. Now, two new crossings are being planned in California’s Mojave Desert near Joshua Tree National Park, in … Read more
California state officials have completed the purchase of 640 acres of desert land near Pioneertown, securing a large area that researchers say is highly likely to remain suitable for western Joshua trees as the climate changes. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) completed the purchase on August 24, 2026. The land is northwest … Read more
Police say Mississippi Black woman Tasia Fortune was dead before her body was hung on a tree. Tasia Fortune, a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson last month, had already died before her body was placed there, a police detective testified in court Friday. Jackson … Read more
Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is a planthopper native to several Asian countries that has spread throughout states (Image: University of Georgia) A Toledo woman says a spotted lanternfly infestation coming from a tree next door has gotten so bad that she can no longer park in her own driveway or use her backyard without dealing … Read more
A historic 135-acre Christmas tree farm in Warren County, New Jersey, has been listed for $1.485 million (£1.11 million) after being owned by the same family for 80 years. Located at 21 Frontage Road in Blairstown, the property includes a preserved timber-frame barn built in 1839, 21 acres of farmland, and a separate guest cottage. … Read more