Bark stripping is a common practice among many species of tree squirrels. Squirrels don’t actually eat the bark; they strip away the top layer to get to the sweet, phloem tissue underneath. Bark ...

One way trees endure winter is through adaptations in their bark. With the deciduous leaves long gone, the winter forest has been laid bare, giving us the perfect conditions to attune ourselves to the ...

the stuff that covers branches and tree trunks, otherwise known as bark, may take the biggest bite out of our botanical observations. Crape myrtle is probably the most popular flowering tree in ...