Trees are good for many things, and their widespread planting is promoted as a solution to challenges ranging from climate change to biodiversity loss, desertification of cropland and rangeland ...

Jill Lepore considers what we owe our trees, discussing books like “The Earth Transformed,” by Peter Frankopan, “The Language of Trees,” by Katie Holten, and “Big Tree,” by Brian Selznick.

Dr. Doug Tallamy offers answers to 499 questions on saving nature one yard at a time in his latest book, called "How Can I Help?" ...

Everyone loves trees. When one grew in Brooklyn, it merited a whole book. (Sorta.) Which is part of the appeal of planting trees to reduce ambient carbon dioxide even for those who don’t buy ...

Usually trees get turned into books and not the other way around, but Sourcebooks children’s authors have plans for reforestation. Rachel Griffin’s third YA novel featuring witches, Bring Me ...

It is often said that the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. But for those of us who aren’t able to time travel, it’s never too late to start adding trees to our landscapes. I stopped by ...

This picture book companion to Billions of Bricks begins with a comedic conceit: the brown-skinned narrator and their pale siste ...

The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession by Amy Stewart. Random House, 2024 ($32) “Growing fruit trees is a very simple way to stay in love with our world,” says Vivian Keh, playwright ...

Rachel Riederer reviews the book “The Light Eaters,” by Zoë Schlanger, about the field of botany and how it is undergoing a potentially radical transformation.

An exploration of deforestation and restoration shows that woods are much more than trees. They depend on — and provide for — people, animals and microbes.

Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids' lit — get ready to branch out.