Authorities in England have arrested a 16-year-old boy after one of the most famous trees in the world was cut down overnight Thursday. The "Sycamore Gap tree," also sometimes known as the "Robin Hood ...

The tree, known as the Sycamore Gap tree, appeared in the 1991 movie 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' starring Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Around 12,000 years ago, humans shifted away from a hunter gatherer ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

A famous tree that has stood sentinel on Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall for more than 200 years has been “deliberately felled” in what authorities have called an “act of vandalism.” The sycamore ...

Using ancient DNA, archaeologists in France have pieced together two elaborate Neolithic family trees that span multiple generations, making them the largest ancestral human record ever reconstructed.

Two men from Cumbria, England, have been found guilty of criminal damage at Newcastle Crown Court. Their crime was felling the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree, beloved of photographers for decades. The ...

LONDON — A 16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday in northern England in connection with what authorities say was the “deliberate” felling of a famous tree that had stood for nearly 200 years next to ...

The most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life is presented in a new study published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists, including three ...