This is the moment a man filming himself chopping wood in Iron River, Wisconsin during the passage of Winter Storm Fern on January 25 is suddenly startled by a loud noise. The man discovers he ...

When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that sounds like a gunshot. That eerie noise has fueled a viral claim that trees ...

Exploding trees made quite a few headlines last month when temperatures dropped across much of the country. While the claim of trees exploding certainly grabs attention, it is a little exaggerated. So ...

Exploding trees are loud cracking noises produced by the splitting of trees under extreme cold or other stresses. Exploding trees are mostly caused by freezing sap. No official "exploding tree" code ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back in January, exploding trees made headlines, following frigid temperatures that took hold of the U.S. Midwest. The extreme ...