Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thinking through scenarios allows land managers to prepare for many potential outcomes. Benjamin Slyngstad via USGS In Sequoia and ...

Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less, ...

“As humans, our everyday lives are sustained by the behaviors and interactions of forest organisms,” photographer David Herasimtschuk writes of old growth forests. “Yet, because these processes and ...

When Hurricane Maria made its ferocious landfall on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in September 2017, the loss extended ...

Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree species reveals that forests are becoming more uniform, increasingly ...

In recent decades, climate change has modified the growth of forests, mainly due to increasing temperature and altered ...

A gray dogwood seedling, no bigger than a few twigs, lived in a pot on my porch last summer. My family sheltered and watered it and then, in October, we joined hundreds of fellow volunteers in tucking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the longleaf pine savannas of the southeastern U.S., most of the biodiversity is found in the ground cover and depends on ...

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

Forests in California are struggling to recover after wildfires. Studies show tree loss is rising fast while replanting ...

In February, mining company Alcoa was hit with a $55 million penalty for illegally clearing about 2,000 hectares of WA's ...

The kelp forest is ephemeral, yet foundational. Fronds of this fast-growing giant seaweed come and go with the seasons, storms and waves, supporting communities of fish, invertebrates and even mammals ...