As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats, some of which may ...

Scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the periderm, and its carbon-capturing phellem cells. The findings will be useful in creating ...

Forest advocates said the National Old Growth Amendment allowed too much logging, while the timber industry called it too ...

Miccosukee Tribal elder Michael Frank walks past chickees, stilt homes, used for community activities, on the Miccosukee ...

Indian authorities say they have arrested a Canadian man at Delhi airport for carrying a crocodile skull in his luggage. The ...

Old trees may have grown through entire millennia that were wetter than the past 20 years. We are scientists who study forest ...

While Stant said his accomplishments organizing around the push for federal coal ash regulations made him proud, he decided ...

The Biden administration is dropping its plan to conserve old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the ...

Much of the old-growth forest left on public land in the eastern United States can be found in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and ...

The Amazon rainforest is shrinking due to deforestation, driven by industries like timber and cattle. But what if there was a way to profit from protecting it instead? We explore the concept of ...

The Biden administration is dropping its efforts to issue a policy to protect old-growth forests — though the president ...