Hearing loud cracking or popping sounds outside? Texas forestry officials say it's a sign you should stay away from trees.

There’s a viral claim going around that “exploding trees are possible in the Midwest and Northern Plains” this weekend as sub ...

A historic snow and ice storm will spread from the southern U.S. into New England by Sunday. Very little snow here, just a few puny clippers in sight. After 21 degrees below zero Friday morning at MSP ...

Social media treats the tree-popping phenomenon as a sign of the apocalypse, but Indigenous peoples have long used the sound of cracking timber to mark the passage of winter. Turns out, it takes a ...

Tree sap is mostly water with sugars and minerals, and like many liquids, it expands when it freezes. Gradual freezes usually ...

The Iowa DNR says sap that's warmed by the sun during the day can rapidly freeze, causing it to expand when the temperatures ...

As a major winter storm approaches, a viral post on social media has declared an area of "exploding tree risk" for the upper ...

Exploding trees have special meaning for many Indigenous cultures, usually marking the passage of time.

Meteorologists are warning that an incoming subzero cold snap comes with an increased risk of "exploding trees." Arborists ...

Social media has been awash with AI-generated videos of trees “exploding” because of extreme cold, but is there truth to the ...

A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk." But experts say the dramatic imagery ...

With the extreme cold arriving, some misinformed statements made the rounds about trees potentially exploding.