Though fire is a threat to people, trees and forests themselves thrive with periodic blazes The ground was soft and black, ...

Forests are emerging as critical economic infrastructure, driving global growth, supporting livelihoods and powering the ...

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 ...

Researchers say studying how water cycles through ghost forests may hold the key to understanding how coastal forest ...

The vast majority of western dry forests are at risk of large, high-intensity fire because of the effects of poor forest management over the past century. The primary factors that lead to current ...

When people imagine conservation work, they often picture scientists tracking wildlife through dense forests or rangers ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Forests cover more than 40 per cent of Belarus. At the same time, the country recorded twice as many forest fires last year ...

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, ...