Truphena Muthoni has attempted a new world record with a tree-hugging marathon. The 21-year-old hugged a single tree in a public park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya for almost 48 hours. She is waiting to ...

Truphena Muthoni stunned netizens with her unconventional training for a tree-hugging marathon in Brazil, aiming to hug 1,172 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

In Beijing's central district, trees are everywhere: in parks, along roadsides and in courtyards inside people's houses. Many have only been planted in recent decades. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

Look to the right, and see summer. Cottonwoods leaf a lively green in the bosque. To the left, see fall. A coating of crisp, brown leaves covers the ground. Branches are bare, or have just a few ...

In this day and age of social distancing, the vast majority of us, either consciously or unconsciously, are suffering from a lack of physical contact with our fellow human beings. There is something ...

Cason and Philip Wolcott chose to buy the house on a small Gresham side street because a large grove of majestic trees abutted its backyard. When a neighbor died shortly after they moved in six years ...

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 ...