Boo was "tiny, starving and pregnant" when she was first found inside a tree. — -- An abandoned dog discovered living inside tree trunk in a remote countryside area of California now has a much ...

Most people are familiar with the notion that "tree rings" — the concentric bands visible on a cross-section of a tree's trunk — serve as an indicator of a tree's age. Researchers at the University of ...

Maya is enjoying a winter of warm hugs and toasty paws, but it could've been different. Earlier in 2025, the stray dog caught the attention of her neighbors on the south side of Chicago when she took ...

This photo shows a rare look inside the trunk of a tree. The tree was cut in June this year during a timber harvest. There was no external evidence that this tree was hollow. I was drawn to the stump ...

Scientists have mapped microbe populations in human guts, deep-sea ecosystems and even clouds. Yet the microbial communities inside tree trunks have remained largely unseen until now. For a recent ...