Learn how to draw a misty pine forest using soft pastels and chalk pastel pencils with simple, beginner-friendly techniques. This step-by-step art tutorial shows how to build depth through soft ...

HUANGSHAN, China — As temperatures neared their midday peak, Hu Xiaosong was doing his regular patrol, at an altitude of more than 5,500 feet, to protect a 1,000-year-old pine tree that he says is ...

A solar tree is a structure resembling a tree that generates solar energy using photovoltaic (PV) panels. It employs principles of biomimicry, using a natural system—in this case the form of a tree—to ...

Rates are important when securing a mortgage, but other considerations should be made to ensure that your loan meets your long-term needs. The posted rate is the rate that a lender openly advertises ...

This story appears in the August 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Almost every historical atrocity has a geographically symbolic core, a place whose name conjures up the trauma of a whole ...