If you’ve been online lately, you may have seen alarming headlines claiming that “exploding trees” are waking people up ...

When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that ...

A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk." ...

Exploding trees? Extreme cold snaps in Chicago can cause trees to crack and burst from freezing stress. Tree experts explain ...

It is indeed possible for trees to split apart in extreme conditions and to do so quite noisily, she said, typically when ...

It turns out that trees can actually explode when temperatures drop.

As winter settles in, Upstate New Yorkers may hear surprising cracks outside. It's not firewirks but trees reacting to the ...