Getting the tree cut down though is sometimes only half of the battle, as the stump and roots need to be addressed as well. Unless you have a few years to wait for them to naturally decompose you ...

It’s not very assuming until you get right up to it and you see how big that trunk is. You’re like ‘Holy cow, that’s a big ...

Gardeners who have a tree stump rotting in their garden have been issued an urgent warning not to touch it or remove it. At this time of year especially, gardens begin to fill with mess.

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...