Cone-pickers at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains risk their lives collecting seeds for the native fir trees that adorn many a German living room at Christmas. Producers are now taking steps to ...

Then, share your own stories in the comments section below! Is it a pine cone — or bugs about to hatch? Every year around this time, people share social media posts warning about "walnut-sized" brown ...

Researchers are collecting the cones to study them, planning to eventually submit them to a newly constructed seed processing facility so they can distribute the seeds to growers between 2026 and 2028 ...

Every year, my husband and I cut a Christmas tree on family land. We look for a young balsam fir growing in the power line right-of-way or in a forest clearing. Fir is our favorite type of Christmas ...

A town that put up a bizarre Christmas cone because health and safety feared a real tree might fall over and injure passers-by has replaced it. The controversial artificial tree had no branches or ...

As in every other sphere of life, fashions come and go in Christmas trees. Years ago, spruces dominated. Then pines became popular. Now firs are the most sought after Christmas tree, especially ...