In the real world, trees are even more useful and valuable than the fictional Truffula, and they’re facing similar threats, on an admittedly slower timeframe. Over the last 12,000 years or so ...

In Dr. Seuss' book, the small, orange Lorax appears from a stump of a felled tree in the Truffula forest to try to stop the greedy Once-ler from cutting down all the trees and profiting from them.

Forget about the Truffula trees. The Lorax is now saving real-life forests. A panel of federal judges in Virginia cited the beloved Dr. Seuss character to block the construction of an underground ...

The "Truffula trees" and other foliage illustrated in Dr. Seuss' whimsical books resemble the greenery in La Jolla. However, one particular tree is somewhat of a star.

A nearly century-old tree with iconic fluffy branches that some say inspired the fictional Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” toppled over in a California park last week.

At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows, a team of professors has finally cracked “The Lorax,” by Dr. Seuss. You may not have realized that “The Lorax” needed cracking, but ...

In what may be seen as an ominous omen of our times, the tree that is believed to have inspired the truffula trees in Dr. Seuss’ eco-classic children’s book, The Lorax, toppled over in La ...

The furry orange protagonist of ‘‘The Lorax’’ and the Truffula trees for which he spoke may have been inspired by specific monkeys and trees in Kenya, according to researchers at Dr. Seuss ...

A Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) that is thought to have inspired the Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" has fallen, according to news reports. The shaggy tree was thought to be ...