Seeing blue dots, red Xs, orange circles and purple bands on trees and wondering what they mean? Here's what we found out ...

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh govt’s housing and environment department has issued an order to all departments in the govt secretariat and to all district collectors, instructing them to ensure no tree ...

Dear Readers: This weekend, walking along a Longmont canal, I happened upon several trees with painted trunks. It took my mind back to this column from 2023. Dear Johnnie: What is the purpose of the ...

Surat: Nature Club Surat (NCS) has raised concerns over the painting of tree trunks and said that painting trees will reduce the biodiversity of the city. NCS president Snehal Patel raised the issues ...

Dear Readers: This weekend, walking along a Longmont canal, I happened upon several trees with painted trunks. It took my mind back to this column from 2023. Dear Johnnie: What is the purpose of the ...

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is now embarking on a project to paint the city’s trees in order to beautify locations of importance. The Secunderabad Zone of GHMC has invited separate ...

Q: My dad helped me plant a couple of young apple trees in my backyard last weekend and so far, so good. After we finished I said the only thing I had left to do was paint the trunks white. He looked ...

Why are the bottom halves of tree trunks in China painted white? You may not expect this to be a question that puzzles a lot of foreigners when they first come to China, but it is. Someone even raised ...