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Using DNA to solve a crime is not a new concept — but using tree ... walnut, a high-quality dark hardwood, is considered a "premium domestic hardwood" and commands high prices, according to The ...

University at Albany postdoctoral associate Allix Coon, left, and UAlbany chemistry professor Rabi Musah work with the mass spectrometer they are using to catalog and identify tree species on Feb ...

AN investigation has been launched after protected tree in a Worcestershire village has been felled. Malvern Hills District Council is investigating a protected felled walnut tree which was on ...

Black walnut (Juglans nigra) is a tree both loved and loathed. Loved for its massive size, toughness and fine lumber, but loathed for its golf-ball sized nuts and bullish attitude. More often than ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia man accused of conspiring to steal walnut trees from federally protected land has been sentenced to four months in prison. According to the United States ...

noticed a freshly cut pile of black walnut wood on the hillside next to his house. The trees are protected by both local and state ordinances and cannot be cut down without a permit; the one Baz ...