This is the moment a man filming himself chopping wood in Iron River, Wisconsin during the passage of Winter Storm Fern on ...

A viral claim suggested trees can explode in the Arctic cold. That's not entirely true, though they do crack under the ...

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

The weekend ice storm has produced reports of a rare phenomenon known as "exploding trees," although authorities said what ...

Social media posts warned of "exploding trees" when temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.

The effect will occasionally cause tree branches to suddenly fall and whole trunks to collapse, which is dangerous, but the ...

A rumor regarding “exploding trees” has been circulating online, but experts said that is not exactly what happens to trees ...

Fort Worth Botanic Garden horticulturist Maddie Fay told the Star-Telegram that the dramatic swing from warm to freezing temperatures puts some added stress on the plants at the Botanic Garden, and in ...

A massive winter storm brought sleet freezing rain and heavy snow across a roughly 2,000-mile swath, causing about 1 million ...

The Texas A&M Forest Service debunked a false viral claim that trees explode in the cold. Here's what can really happen.

The online fascination has spawned videos, maps and memes. But what is actually going on, and can it happen in West Michigan?

A Michigan Tech University professor says trees are more likely to fall down from heavy ice and snow rather than exploding.