Ornamental cherry trees are blooming in cities. Now a legendary wild cherry tree in Liestal near Basel, whose flowering has ...

Many governments have set ambitious tree-planting targets for the decades ahead ... ETH researchers are tackling this issue—not only in Switzerland, but also in Asia. In the course of their work, ...

For the most part, TV audiences today wouldn't fall for such a prank. But in 1957, plenty of viewers were eating it up.

Switzerland's Christmas tree tradition has evolved over the years, reflecting cultural changes and environmental concerns.

A long-term Switzerland-wide study has found that neighbourhoods with numerous, well-arranged trees exhibit lower mortality risks than other areas. The reasons behind this, and the factors that play a ...

Following a very high concentration of hazel and alder pollen in the air in some places, allergy sufferers will have to be prepared for ash and birch pollen in the coming weeks. However, more and more ...

On April 1, 1957 the BBC aired the spaghetti-hoax story -a joke described as "the most successful April Fool's Day prank of all time." ...

The number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000, confirming that deforestation, ...

On April 1, the British Broadcasting Centre’s (BBC) current affairs programme called Panorama, aired a three minute report showing a family in southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from the ...

The study seeks to understand the corporate dimension of tree planting. When Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Professor Wangari Maathai, launched her 'Green Belt Movement' in the 1970s in Kenya, she could ...

Beyond creating a serene and open atmosphere in urban areas, trees and parks also contribute to human well-being. There are various reasons for this: trees filter pollutants out of the air ...