This project celebrates the unusual character of Monkey Puzzle, a wood that reveals swirling patterns and round inclusions as ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — You've seen them throughout the Columbia area -- trees that have been trimmed into odd shapes in order to provide clearance for utility lines. If you've ever wondered about the ...

When the hardy evergreen trees of the Araucaria genus were first shipped from Australia and South America to the gardens of nineteenth-century Europe, they were dubbed “monkey puzzle” trees because of ...

Gen X never asked for a participation trophy. What they really want is a pension—and maybe a shot at retiring before their ...

The peaks of the Andes rise over Chile’s Aysén region in Patagonia, the southern quarter of South America and one of the last places on Earth to be settled by humans.(Courtesy Raven Garvey) (Ken ...