FOR ANIMALS IN PARKS. DES MOINES, PARKS AND REC PLANTED A NEW TREE TODAY RIGHT ALONG THE DES MOINES RIVER. BUT THIS GINGKO TREE HAS QUITE THE HISTORY. ITS SEEDS CAME FROM ANOTHER TREE THAT SURVIVED ...

When the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, 140,000 people died — but a ginkgo tree in the city was among the survivors. Last week, a sapling grown from a seed from that ...

As Professor Atsuko Takahashi holds the small seeds carefully, she realizes her hands are shaking. “Hello babies,” she whispers. The seeds—all seven of them—are from a ginkgo tree. They are small and ...

There are some trees whose showiness does not end once they’ve lost their leaves in autumn. Some trees have an attractive bony framework that is then revealed. Ginkgo tree, for instance. Leafless, a ...

‘Your ancestor has shown great resilience,” said participant during ceremony at Lucchesi Park. ‘May your example inspire our community.’ When the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in ...