It’s easy to understand why some refer to winter as “stick season.” Snow cover, gray skies, and cold temperatures could lead ...

Think of it as applying sunscreen, not to your skin, but to the tree’s bark. Beyond sun protection, whitewashing tree trunks also serves to deter certain pests. Many insects are less likely to ...

It can cause allergies and irritate the skin, suppress the growth ... crush a leaf or scrape the bark and take a whiff. As ...

Just as the trees evolved bark to help protect their more vulnerable tissues inside, the dinosaur evolved thick, pointed osteoderms along its flanks—bony armor floating in the skin that could ...