The decaying nature of ancient and veteran trees is one of their key characteristics because of the microhabitats they offer ...

One of the most famous mythological trees is the world tree Yggdrasil, found in Norse mythology. This tree is described as a ...

The felling of a 500-year-old ancient oak in north London has led to an outpouring of anger, echoing the reaction when the Sycamore Gap tree is alleged to have been chopped down in September 2023.

Such decay was "not a disease and not a cause for concern" but "a normal, healthy kind of part of the trees' physiological development", said Dr Pyne. The Woodland Trust runs an Ancient Tree Inventory ...

Precious trees must be ‘listed’ for protection in a similar way to historic buildings, conservationists say, as the felling ...

The Woodland Trust runs an Ancient Tree Inventory, which lists more than 190,000 of the UK's oldest and more important trees, although Dr Pyne points out it is still only "a snapshot and quite ...

A legal case has opened in Britain over the felling of a much-loved, ancient tree named the 'Sycamore Gap.' Some Britons are struggling to get over its demise.

current UK energy policy is ‘doomed to fail’. Since the changeover from coal, Drax has burned the equivalent of 300million trees at its Yorkshire power station. We are all furious about the ...

The Woodland Trust wants Government to back proposed laws that would give ‘heritage’ trees greater protection in the wake of ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. WORCESTERSHIRE has many ancient trees dotted around its landscape, some which began life not long after the Black Death. The Woodland Trust ...