There have been reports of trees suddenly dropping a lot of their leaves. While the windy weather earlier in the week helped ...

During the summer, leaves appear green because the predominant pigment of photosynthesis, called chlorophyll, reflects green ...

you'll hardly take a step without crunching a leaf beneath your foot. Some trees have started ditching their leaves after this summer's historic drought, but the true leaf onslaught has yet to come.

Autumn brings a range of colours to our woodlands - setting the scene with a stunning array of reds, browns and yellows as the tree ... leaf formed amid springtime sprawl. Keating points out ...

These cells slowly cut the leaf off from the tree twig without leaving an open wound. Instead, a callus or scar tissue is formed. Once the leaf is completely choked off, the layer becomes dry and ...