Bark – Gray scaly plates, variable, and often with “targets.” Red Maple (Acer Rubrum), is also known as soft, swamp, or white maple. This tree is native to North America, but most commonly found in ...

New England is known for its vibrant foliage that draws in tourists every year to gaze at stunning red leaves. For that sought-after autumnal beauty, look no further than the autumn blaze maple (Acer ...

During daylight hours, they can be found resting or snoozing above the ground, lying dangled or curled up on tree branches depending on the weather. 5. Their numbers are declining in the wild. Red ...

Many scientists believe the red-eyed tree frog developed its vivid scarlet peepers to shock predators into at least briefly questioning their meal choice. These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep ...

Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more fun facts, humor, cleaning, travel and tech all week long. Parents can be carriers for recessive genes, carrying instructions for making red ...

Sebastian said everything was better under the sea. That doesn’t seem to be the case in the thriller The Hunt for Red October. The first adaptation of an established book character, the film ...

The oak tree was just one of many plants she spotted ... The guide also helps visitors identify a number of common native trees, including red maple, white pine and white birch.

California native of the week: Pink or red winter currant (Ribes sanguineum) is a distinctive shrub that is flowering now. It ...

A recent Bradford pear tree removal unearthed detrimental facts and initiatives aimed at rooting out the invasive species.

Norway maple, a tree species from the soapberry family ... or crimson king maple. These maples have dark red or purple leaves all year long, but in most cases their offspring lose this trait and end ...

Red hands painted on a tree at Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus are being used to “terrorize” Jewish students in a bloody reminder of a lynching of two Israelis, critics claim.