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 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 ...

Director of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Center for New Hanover County at the Arboretum Have you hugged a tree today? Research points to a plethora of positive health benefits for the human ...

A Kenyan woman, Truphena Muthoni, beat her own world record, hugging a tree continuously for 72 hours at the foot of Mount Kenya. Her “silent protest” was meant to hold authorities and a complacent ...

People gather around the Children's Tree of Life, a 15-year-old New Zealand Christmas Tree, to give it a hug during Tree Hugging Day at Palisades Park on Tuesday afternoon. (photo by Brandon Wise) ...

A Kenyan environmentalist hugged a palm tree for 72 straight hours in Nyeri county to draw attention to the rapid loss of the country’s native forests, many of which face extinction. Truphena ...