Bark is, in a matter of speaking, the skin of a tree. Our skin is the outermost barrier for protecting our bodies from infection, injury and disease, while bark provides very much the same ...

Elmore Leonard once said “I don’t have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I ...

Every species of tree has unique characteristics, from its bark to its leaves, that you can use as clues to identify ...

He told me that bark protects trees. “Bark is like our skin,” Adams said. “It protects trees from all kinds of attackers that might want to get in – like viruses, bacteria, fungi ...

Indonesian man with a rare skin condition gets radical treatment. Jakarta, INDONESIA, Aug. 12, 2008 — -- Dede Koswara, known in his native Indonesia as "Tree Man," has lived for years with ...

FOR almost 40 years Li Xitian has suffered from an incurable skin condition that makes his skin as rough as tree bark. Li, 58, is believed to be suffering from an extreme case of psoriasis - a ...