Evil Uktena, the fearsome horned serpent of Native American mythology, snakes up the trunk of an ancient beech tree in Alabama’s Bankhead National Forest. This arborglyph, literally “tree carving,” ...

CHELMSFORD — Before Felix Huang ever brought a drill or chisel to the surface of the towering piece of beech wood, he had plenty of practice carving complex figures into granite. The 18-year-old ...

LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Laketown Township officials discourage the public from carving into trees at township parks. While carving into a tree probably wouldn’t directly result in the tree’s death, ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Google root tree Greenville, S.C., and here's what you find: A photo of a woman carrying a toddler. A couple's engagement picture. A man wearing a Virginia Tech T-shirt. A bicyclist ...

Do you have a street in your town named Beech Street or maybe a Beech Hill? You probably don’t give it another thought, but the American beech tree is really special – and they’re now under threat. So ...

Driving along Manor Road toward Rockland Avenue, through the Greenbelt, I noticed the number of young beech trees growing in the woodlands alongside the road. Beech trees are easy to spot at this time ...