Remember the little “oldish and brownish and mossy” guy with the bushy mustache who “speaks for the trees?” Dr. Seuss’ character, the Lorax, is 50 years old this week. And his messages are more ...

What inspired the creature who was “shortish and oldish and brownish and mossy”? The one who spoke in a voice that was “sharpish and bossy”? He spoke for the trees, yet he called them his own. All ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax,” the greedy Once-ler chops down all the Truffula trees ‒ ignoring the Lorax’s warnings until the land is ...

In “Dr. Suess’ The Lorax,” a young boy ventures out from his perfect town to find the one thing to catch his “true love’s” eye but finds something much more important, something he wasn’t even aware ...

"Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air." San Diego city leaders may soon be following advice from "The Lorax" to replace a recently toppled tree that ...

It was the view from his studio that inspired Theodor Geisel — better known as Dr. Seuss — to “speak for the trees,” fighting developers who wanted to mar his ocean view. Two years later, he published ...

The seaside cypress believed to have inspired the fanciful Truffula trees of Dr. Seuss’ classic 1971 children’s tale “The Lorax” has toppled in Southern California. The Monterey cypress stood 80 to ...