With severe cold hitting much of the country, some unusual phenomena like "exploding trees" could be on the way. Here's what ...

As more than half of the United States braces for a powerful winter storm, some meteorologists are warning on social media that “exploding trees” are possible.

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

One expert suggested the phenomenon is actually called "frost cracking" ...

As temperatures drop in Iowa this weekend, curiosity and concern about trees exploding from the cold have grown. Here's what really happens.

Scientists have discovered a tropical “dynamite tree” that explosively launches seeds at 150 mph. The mechanism uses physics, ...