A Monterey Cypress tree that may have inspired Dr. Seuss' famous children's book The Lorax fell last week. The Truffula trees from The Lorax, a fable about environmental destruction published in ...

A decades-old tree in California that is believed to have inspired the children's book The Lorax has toppled. The Monterey Cypress in Ellen Browning Scripps Park, San Diego, fell on Thursday ...

The opinion quotes Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, saying: "We trust the United States Forest Service to 'speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.' ” A review of the permit records led the ...

was just brought to my attention. It reports that Dr. Seuss Enterprises has teamed with Conservation International and Random House to use The Lorax, Dr. Seuss' beloved 1971 environmental ...

Chopping down fluffy Truffula trees and displacing cuddly Bar-ba-loot bears, he's a villain, but -- like the Grinch -- one worthy of salvation. Likewise, the Lorax is no gentle forest fairy but a ...

Now, the tree that locals say inspired "The Lorax" is gone forever, and why it's gone is a mystery, Tim Graham, a spokesman for the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, told USA TODAY.

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 Jolla, California. The tree, a lone Monterey cypress ...

This unique-looking tree is believed to be the inspiration behind Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax," a story about conservation, according to the city of La Jolla. The book, written in 1971, tells a tale of ...