In August of this year, three researchers made a stunning discovery: The world’s largest sugar pine, by volume, was in Yosemite National Park. The discovery marked the end of a four-decade journey, ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps Two weeks after shutting down its Spruce Pine facilities ahead of Hurricane ...

But on Pine Island, one popular Facebook group serves as a lifeline to many. Kevin and Jen Russell, the unofficial mayors of Pine Island, are also the administrators of the Facebook group Things ...

Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Penguin Random House Chris Pine can now add children's book author to his already impressive résumé. The actor and director, 44, has stepped into the writing world with the ...

They say the hardest thing about winning a title is keeping one. Well nobody told this Monterey Regional Airport restaurant that. For the second year in a row, the powers that be at USA Today ...

Work to release 15 pine martens into woods across Dartmoor has been completed, the Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) says. The mammals, which are related to weasels and otters, were brought down from ...

In the mountains of North Carolina, the town of Spruce Pine plays an outsized role in one of the most critical sectors of the global economy: semiconductor manufacturing. The ultra-pure quartz found ...

Aurea Group are large conifers, to 30m tall, with a conical habit when young becoming more dome-shaped as the tree matures. Golden-yellow needles, each up to 15cm long, are arranged in groups of three ...