Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer now draws devotees from ...

Can art be created by being unmade? That’s the question that led American Pop Artist Robert Rauschenberg to create one of his best-known and most controversial works, Erased de Kooning Drawing ...

An unrepentant lifetime smoker, David Hockney, 87, wheezes from respiratory difficulties. He sleeps during some of the day and is watched over by round-the-clock nurses. His deafness, the first signs ...

A popular theory about how trees cooperate has enchanted the public and raised the profile of forest conservation. But some ecologists think its scientific basis has been oversold. It was a call from ...

At Turtle Tree Seed, adults with developmental differences work “side by side” with other staff to produce seed that’s more artisanal than agribusiness. By Margaret Roach It takes a village, not a ...

As we hang far above the ground on a sunny October day, it would be easy to focus on the blue crests of hills and the small towns tucked in between. But Richard Peters, who’s with me inside a metal ...

A vehicle that could dive underwater … and stay there? During the Revolutionary War, an American colonist built an experimental submersible vehicle that George Washington called “an effort of genius.” ...

Forty landmark paintings and drawings by the Dutch master include “The Starry Night” — on loan from MoMA — and “Wheat Field With Cypresses.” By Robin Pogrebin Vincent van Gogh may be best known for ...

TurtleTree, a Singaporean biotech startup with a growing presence in Yolo County, has raised $30 million from investors, as the first part of its funding round comes ...

CONSIDER the floating fortress that is a sea turtle. It seems to fly gracefully through the water even though it is encased in heavy armour. This combination of poise and protection evolved like any ...