Shape and symmetry help determine where a leaf lands — and if the tree it came from can recoup the leaf’s carbon as it decomposes.

Two physicists from the Technical University of Denmark have found that leaf shape is a determining factor in the distance ...

Have you ever wondered why deciduous tree leaves transition through a rainbow of colours, instead of simply turning from ...

Scientists made fake leaves and dropped them in water tanks to observe how different shapes move as they sink.

"Data correlating shape and settling across a broad range of natural, mutated, and artificial leaves support the fast-leaf-hypothesis: Deciduous leaves are symmetric and relatively unlobed in part ...

Noticing leaves on the ground under ash and maple trees causes us to look up into the trees where spots are seen on the ...

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The fall occurred at a residential building on the 11200 block of Oak Leaf Drive in White Oak around 2:11 p.m.. A Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service official said that the child fell from ...

Police responded to the intersection of Howard Boulevard and Mount Arlington Road in Roxbury at about 5:30 a.m. Monday, where a 2003 Chevy Express van had crashed into a tree, according to the ...