Like me, many people have probably seen them. Up close, or at a distance, they stick out like a sore thumb. What amazes me most about them is I've really never bothered to look them up to see exactly ...

We often see witches’ brooms in winter when looking into the tree canopy of an otherwise barren landscape. There is an abnormal cluster of growth, with shortened stems and needles, maybe in the shape ...

Witch's brooms are compact, rounded collections of short needles and small cones. They can sometimes make up the entire leafy crown of a tree. Staff at North Carolina State University are asking for ...

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Witches' broom formations are seen in this Virginia pine. The effect of witches' broom is caused by stress in trees. (Submitted photo/Curtis Young) On my cranky days some might say it’s my mode of ...

The term “witch’s broom” probably conjures up images of Harry Potter playing quidditch or the Wicked Witch of the West berating Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz.” But in the plant world, it’s something ...

Local creatures have often been given the names of early explorers and naturalists that visited our northern shores and forests. So (until the names are changed) we have Townsend’s warblers and ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) - Josef “Joe” Braeu scours the woods with the passion of a serious deer hunter. He even carries a .22-caliber rifle, but his prey never runs. Braeu, an internationally known ...