The ginkgo leaves on Miami University's campus are turning yellow. First year students in Miami University's architecture program are staking out ginkgo trees on campus — literally — in anticipation ...

On what day will the ginkgo leaves fall this year? Sometimes people make a bet as to when. This time of year leaves are dropping and landing everywhere, littering the ground. But the ginkgo tree ...

Of all the trees that put on an autumn show, the golden splendor of the ginkgo tree is a scene stealer. This ancient tree species has no living relatives and has remained unchanged for 200 million ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Our present-day "living fossil tree" is nearly identical to leaves found in ...

Animals such as horseshoe crabs that have been around for millennia without seeming to change much are sometimes referred to as "living fossils." Among plants, the ginkgo tree could be given the same ...

Today we will be discussing the oldest extant tree from prehistoric times – the beautiful and stately ginkgo. And, we are talking really prehistoric here. Ginkgo trees are found in the fossil record ...

Although adding a tree to one's garden is a major decision, trees serve so many valuable purposes that I like to include them in this column from time to time. One of my favorites is the instantly ...