There are some trees whose showiness does not end once they’ve lost their leaves in autumn. Some trees have an attractive bony framework that is then revealed. Ginkgo tree, for instance. Leafless, a ...

FOR ANIMALS IN PARKS. DES MOINES, PARKS AND REC PLANTED A NEW TREE TODAY RIGHT ALONG THE DES MOINES RIVER. BUT THIS GINGKO TREE HAS QUITE THE HISTORY. ITS SEEDS CAME FROM ANOTHER TREE THAT SURVIVED ...

Autumn's technicolor event, as far as trees go, has just about wrapped up its show. The ginkgo tree's bright yellow display was one of the last to be whisked away in autumn wind. As nature renders the ...

Q. I have read that ginkgo trees can live for hundreds of years. Is this true, and what makes them so unusual? Why are they called “living fossils”? A. Modern ginkgoes belong to a single species of ...