Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This enormous national champion tulip poplar is located in Bedford County, Va. and stands roughly the height of a 14-story ...

ETTRICK, Va. — For nearly two centuries, a Southern Magnolia tree has towered over the campus of Virginia State University. The 170-year-old tree, which was planted in the front yard of a home built ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Lawmakers are considering several bills aimed at preserving trees in Virginia that have garnered bipartisan support, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The seven proposed ...

A hunter has died days after a bear fell out of a tree on top of him, Virginia wildlife authorities said Tuesday. Lester Harvey Jr., 58, was among a group of hunters who chased the bear up a tree on ...

Forests cover nearly two-thirds of our state. According to the Virginia Department of Forestry, there are 78 species of common native trees of Virginia. These species can be grouped in categories of ...

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The emerald ash borer, a metallic-green invasive insect, have spread throughout the state over the past 15 years, killing native ash trees in its wake, but efforts are ...

Ted Helba photographed an osprey perched on his lookout post from the top of a tree at Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach. Michael Schimmel had a front row seat observing “a bald eagle and osprey have a ...