The tree cutting along I-5 in Seattle has been underway for a few weeks, making room for a new light rail line to pass through the area. I walked around the construction zone last Friday. The ...

The Dori Monson Show is on KIRO Newsradio (weekdays Noon-3). With the news that Sound Transit will cut down 5,300 trees alongside I-5 as part of its Northgate to Lynnwood light rail expansion, the ...

SEATTLE – Work is underway to chop down trees along I-5 just as birds are settling into their nests. The tree cutting will make way for a new light rail line into Lynnwood, but the timing has riled ...

LYNNWOOD — Trees, shrubs and other foliage hug the side of the new light rail tracks along I-5. They are part of Sound Transit’s push to go as green as possible. Planted in a 4:1 ratio — four new ...

Pando is the largest organism on Earth, consisting of about 40,000 genetically identical trees. Sound designer Jeff Rice recorded what this organism's vast root system sounds like in a rainstorm. The ...

Scientists have long studied how near-infrared light bounces off forests and grasslands, as a proxy for plant health. Now, an artist is using the same trick to turn the Joshua tree into an instrument.

image: Tomogram showing areas of wood decay in a tree with an irregularly shaped trunk, based on sonic tomography with the PiCUS 3 Sonic Tomograph. view more Living trees can rot from the inside out, ...