Zavodnik was acting on a tip that someone was cutting and stealing spruce tree tops on state forest land without any permit and without paying for the trees. But when Zavodnik and Frericks ...

In nature, you’ll see several types of spruce trees (Picea spp ... It is a dense tree presenting in a cone shape that tops out at six feet (2m). Or if you want some unusual color, try Conica ...

An international study has revealed spruce ... trees not only respond to a solar eclipse but actively anticipate it by synchronizing their bioelectrical signals hours in advance into a cohesive ...

Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future ones, while pines acclimatized to wet periods were more vulnerable.

When cut correctly, spruce tops grow back in five to 10 years. The Minnesota DNR's Brian Feldt says legitimate cutters also help manage the forest by thinning out trees. BRIAN FELDT: It is a ...

And because all organisms are driven by survival – from viruses to apex predators – this electrome system appears to be the way this forest-wide ... purpose. Spruce trees, which are evergreen ...

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar eclipse, a new international study suggests. "We now see the forest not as a ...

A new machine-learning system developed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks can automatically produce detailed maps from satellite data to show locations of likely beetle-killed spruce trees in ...

Endophytes—tiny micro-organisms made up of bacteria and fungi living harmlessly in the tissues of white spruce ... protect the tree against the defoliating insect, says forest entomologist ...

A ground breaking international study has revealed spruce ... a cohesive, forest-wide phenomenon. The discovery, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, shows older trees exhibit ...