This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Depending on your point of view, the national tree of Chile has a ...

It's known for many things: being the national tree of Chile; living for hundreds of years; sporting branches that look like reptiles. On Orcas, the monkey puzzle tree on North Beach Road is known ...

One of the more unusual trees growing in Redlands is the Araucaria bidwillii, commonly called the bunya-bunya tree or false monkey puzzle tree. This large evergreen coniferous tree is a member of one ...

Some trees are good for tree-houses. Some trees are not. Guess which category this one fits into? It’s a conifer, and like all conifers will produce no flowers ...

After years of drawing and painting, studying drawing and painting, thinking about drawing and painting, and teaching drawing and painting, you’d think I’d have learned a thing or two about perception ...

The ancient monkey puzzle tree has distinctive spiny leaves and intricate scaly branches. Its unusual features, scientists believe, evolved as a defense against towering, long-necked dinosaurs.

My career in journalism has been varied and wide-ranging. I’m an author, a documentary maker, a reporter, and my work has sparked four commissions of inquiry in Canada. My touchstone in journalism has ...

Q: We live in a condominium where the landscaping is taken care of by a very professional landscaper. Recently a “monkey puzzle tree” was removed from the grounds. Can you tell me what kind of tree ...

The new docuseries “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” explores one of the wildest places on Earth. The six-part series is available on CNNgo. You can also access CNNgo via our CNN app. The ...

This Gardening News column is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. Last month I wrote about ...