Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and ...

Will it get so cold that the trees in your yard explode and fall over? Here's the weather science behind all the "exploding ...

A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk." But experts say the dramatic imagery ...

Very low temperatures in Michigan have left some trees with long, vertical cracks that can run deep into the wood. Young ...

My cherry tree has a problem. The bark is splitting and coming away. It has been looking fine with good foliage and flowers. What is the prognosis? Is there anything I can do? — Ed Bowne. I checked ...

A: There are many things that could cause bark on a tree to split: mechanical damage, animal damage, a lightening strike, even a fluctuating weather pattern. The weather rapidly toggling between mild ...

Once leaves drop from trees, splitting, peeling, bleached or oozing bark may become more noticeable. The cause can range from normal bark development to environmental causes or disease. If tree bark ...

We have a prairie fire crabapple tree that has very severe splitting in almost all of the major branches. There is some evidence of old bark splits that have healed over that we did not notice until ...

A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk." But experts say the dramatic imagery ...