Throughout the month of April, Columbia residents observe Arbor Day — the conservation holiday that encourages planting trees — with tree seedlings given out in fourth grade classrooms and at a ...

Atypical myopathy is a mysterious yet often fatal illness, usually found in grazing horses — mostly in the autumn and spring ...

Sycamore Land Trust, a nonprofit conservation organization protecting 11,727 acres in southern Indiana, has completed ...

Now is the time to firstly, hug a tree, and secondly, plant some more — in increasingly imaginative ways.

This year, approximately 80,000 sycamore seedlings were sent to fourth graders across the state. The fast-growing tree is native to Missouri and does especially well in the state’s streamside habitats ...

Harper Norton, 7, picks up a tree to give away on April 26 at the Columbia Farmers Market. Harper and her mother, Danielle, came as part of Columbia’s Cub Scout Pack 704. Throughout the month of April ...