L.A.’s fragile urban canopy was dealt a vicious blow this weekend when a chainsaw-wielding vandal cut down a number of shade trees along South Grand Avenue and other areas of downtown, according ...

L.A.'s fragile urban canopy was dealt a vicious blow this weekend when a chainsaw wielding vandal mowed down a number of ...

In downtown Los Angeles, numerous trees were found deliberately cut down with chainsaws across several streets just before ...

L.A.'s fragile urban canopy was dealt a vicious blow this weekend when a chainsaw wielding vandal mowed down a number of ...

Hand of farmer touching fig fruit on fig tree close up. fig tree leaves stock videos & royalty-free footage Gardener Wearing A Pair of Gardening Gloves and Cutting Ficus Microcarpa or Chinese Banyan, ...

Banyans usually grow on hardwood hammocks. They are considered a keystone species, essential to the hardwood tropical ecosystem.

Lightning is often seen as a killer, leaving behind destruction and death of trees — but one tropical species has evolved to use the force of nature to its benefit. The tonka bean tree ...

Samuel Patrick Groft is accused of using a chainsaw to cut down trees in downtown Los Angeles, the Westlake District, and Glassell Park Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE.