GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado – By the time Cleo showed up on Dr. Ron Carsten’s examination table at Birch Tree Animal Hospital, she had already had a brush with death, though she didn’t even know it.

Boxlapse. Growing a BIRCH TREE from seed Time-lapse. Posted: April 7, 2025 | Last updated: April 7, 2025. Betula pubescens, commonly known as: downy birch, moor birch, white birch, European white ...

Many animals, from rodents to ... Birch trees like to grow in sandier soils and are a fire-oriented species, usually among the first flora to rise up from clear-cut and burned areas because of ...

In regards to its ecological importance, yellow birch trees are extremely important for various types of wildlife, providing food for animals like White-tailed deer, Moose, Eastern Cottontail, ...

I am sure there were many other visitors, especially invertebrates, to the birch tree over the last several weeks. It’s interesting how one tree can provide shelter and food for such an array of ...

The Muskogee Tribe had a custom of cradling their pappooses [sic] among the swaying branches of birch trees. This protected their babies from ground insects, the sun, and wild animals.

But this birch tree still stands. A fixture in the constant progress of life and nature, for better or worse. What makes it all the more ironic is that the gray birch is generally a short-lived tree.

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Young trees sometimes have smooth bark that's unbroken by ...

Remarkable research has unlocked new understanding of the mysterious ways trees communicate and share knowledge with each other – and much like in many animal species, the wisdom of age plays a ...