A voracious insect called the spruce budworm was ravaging Maine’s North Woods, killing mountainsides of balsam fir and red ...

Among the oaks, white, red and bur oak all stand tall as ecological heavyweights. Their acorns feed wildlife, their canopies ...

Seattle Times reporter Lynda V. Mapes, in an effort to learn more about our forests, overcame her fear and climbed a 200-foot ...

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

On this Earth Day, the significance of forests for conservation, community benefits and human health has never been more ...

Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) that microbes make available to higher trophic ...

Biologists have listed more than 500 prey species of great horned owls throughout North and South America. These include the ...

The never-ending cycle of forest fires gets some ‘rare good news’ from first-of-its-kind data on the phenomenon occasionally ...

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Kumasi, Ghana Trees outside forests (TOF) are increasingly recognized for their vital contributions to ...

Topics will include: management of areas with dense brush, moving from aspen dominated stands to a more diverse forest, responding to spruce budworm impacts and considerations for climate resilient ...

Light strongly influences processes such as photosynthetic efficiency, biomass allocation and photoinhibition in tree growth. Temperature plays an important role in forest regeneration by influencing ...

Boreal ecology is the study of ecosystems in the subarctic (boreal) zone of the Northern hemisphere. These areas are dominated by coniferous forest, generally have permafrost soils, and occur ...