John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and slightly cinematic) rumor called "exploding trees." Videos circulate of loud, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk” as temperatures in the Northern Plains and ...

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...

If you’ve been online lately, you may have seen alarming headlines claiming that “exploding trees” are waking people up across the country. The reports describe a loud bang in the middle of the night, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Videos have gone viral on social media of loud, gunshot-like bangs in forests, with users dubbing them "exploding trees." They're ...

Many years ago, Lakota elder and tribal historian Victor Douville was traveling through the Black Hills of South Dakota in the dead of winter. It was early in the morning, and temperatures had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frigid temperatures have taken hold of the U.S. Midwest, with the thermometer hovering around the -30°C mark in some places. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is the moment a man filming himself chopping wood in Iron River, Wisconsin during the passage of Winter Storm Fern on January ...

At the risk of sounding like I’m turning into a crusty old person, I thought it was worth some attention to talk about the “exploding tree” phenomenon. When I heard that term yesterday, I immediately ...