PALISADES PARK — Marcy Miller rested her head gently on the California palm tree, tears welling in her eyes as she embraced the trunk, memories of her now deceased father, once a worker in a lumber ...

Environmental champion Truphena Muthoni heads to Brazil to attempt a world record by hugging 1,172 trees in an hour, building on her recent Guinness achievement.

Twenty-two-year-old environmental activist Truphena Muthoni Environmental activist Truphena Muthoni becomes the first person to hug a tree continuously for 72 hours on December 11, 2025. [Amos Kiarie, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Shana Tinkle, right, and Tasha Hipple each embrace a tree for 60 seconds ...

JERUSALEM -- Since embracing family and friends is off-limits these days because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority say people can find comfort in a different way by ...

"Prairie | Concrete," presented by interdisciplinary dance artist Pramila Vasudevan and Aniccha Arts as part of Public Art Saint Paul's Wakpa Triennial Art Festival, encourages tree hugging and nature ...

In the populated forest of literary magazines at the University of Iowa, a new literary magazine has taken root in the form of Tree Hugger. With an appreciation and emphasis on nature and the ...

In Finland's Halipuu Forest, a family has developed a novel way to save their fragile forest: by inviting guests in to hug the trees. Next summer, the fifth-annual World Tree Hugging Championships ...

Scotland’s first national tree-hugging champion is a 50-year-old man from Rhemore on the Morvern peninsula. Dressed in a leaf-covered camouflage suit, Alasdair Firth won the overall title at the ...