Tag: tree

Artists Spend 9 Years ‘Training’ a Tree to Grow Into a ‘Living Chair’—The Result Is Amazing

Two self-taught artists from Australia have found their creative outlet in crafting furniture and art out of living trees. Through planning and patience, they make art that evolves over time, with the utmost respect for nature. An incredible “living chair” that took nine years to finish has put the couple on the map. Peter Cook,…


Bear in a Tree Holds Michigan City in Suspense for Hours on Mother’s Day

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother’s Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mattresses below. “It’s like the best block party ever,” Annette Andersen said. The drama in Traverse City began when wildlife experts…


‘Definitely Not a Cat’: Dog Stuck in a Tree After Chasing a Squirrel Is Rescued by Fire Crew

A dog that got itself stuck in a tree in Idaho, after chasing a squirrel, gave fire crews and police a giggle when they came to his rescue. “Well, definitely not a cat in a tree,” Caldwell Fire Department posted on Facebook on Jan. 12 after fire crews and police attended the site of a…


VIDEO: Adorable Baby Bull Acts Like the Grinch Around His First Christmas Tree

An adorable baby bull is ringing in his first Christmas in a hilarious fashion, by charging at his owner’s outdoor Christmas tree and knocking it to the ground. Taylor Crassweller, 28, runs a farm in the Canadian town of Regina, Saskatchewan, with his family. On the farm, the family has a few different animals such…


Christopher the Christmas Tree

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. The story of a scraggly pine tree whose fondest wish is to become a beautiful Christmas tree. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com


Teen Sees Cat ‘Trapped’ in 35-Foot Tree, Climbs Up to ‘Save’ It—Ends Up Needing to Be Rescued Himself

A teenage boy spotted a tabby cat perched high up in a tall, leafless tree on a late Saturday afternoon, on March 5. He was at Holliday Park in Indianapolis when he thought this feline looked trapped and wanted to be saved. The teen believed he was the right young man to bring the cat…


Experts Count Coffee Trees in Brazil as Prices Hit 10-year Highs

NEW YORK/SAO PAULO—Coffee experts working for commodity trading houses are taking to the narrow, winding roads in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state as they tour the coffee belt checking 2022 crop prospects just as prices approach the highest levels in 10 years. This has been a difficult year for coffee farming in Brazil, the world’s largest…


Christmas Tree Planted on Elderly UK Couple’s Property in 1978 Is Now 50 Feet Tall

An elderly couple who live in United Kingdom’s darkest village and who’d planted a 6-foot Christmas tree in 1978 now use a cherry picker to decorate the 50-foot magnanimous tree with 3,000 lights. Avril and Christopher Rowlands from Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England, bought the 6-pound (approx. US$8) fir from a garden center shortly after moving into their…


Photographer Captures the Adorable Moment a Bear Teaches Cubs How to Climb a Tree

A photographer has captured the adorable moment some bear cubs learn to climb on trees. Valtteri Mulkahainen, 60, from Sotkamo, Finland, took a series of pictures in Martinselkonen, Finland, during summer after noticing the bear cubs appearing to be taught how to climb. “I like to photograph cubs and often go to this area for…


Man Clings to Tree in Australia for 6 Hours After Floodwaters Sweep Car Off Road

CANBERRA—Australian police said on Wednesday they had rescued a man who was forced to cling to a tree for more than six hours after rising floodwaters swept his car from the road in Australia’s remote Northern Territory, according to local media. The unnamed 33-year old man was driving near the Todd River in Alice Springs…