Trees that have "fast growing" traits turn out to grow more slowly in the wild than their conservative relatives, scientists ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they need our help to recover. 4:03 The kelp forests off the coast of ...

Once covering a significant portion of the country, forests have been steadily shrinking since the 1600s as human settlement expanded westward. New research by Earth System Science Data reveals ...

From an early age he gathered wood from the forests and he and his siblings would then bring the split wood to their granny's home. Cruz said when he was younger tribal members used to go into the ...

Cloud forests are strange and ghostly places — akin to coral reefs hidden high on tropical mountains. Stunted trees loom in the mist, gnarled trunks and branches crusted in moss, lichens ...

The forest biomass industry — cutting forests to make wood pellets to be burned in power plants — will continue booming through 2030, says a new report. By then, pellets made in the U.S ...

However, a major new study reveals that forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to keep pace with climate change, raising concerns about their long-term resilience. Tropical ...

Timber industry groups and businesses cheered the decision, saying it could finally pave the way for meaningful forest management and fill rural jobs following the closure of at least seven timber ...

Almost 4,000 campsites across many of California’s 18 national forests could close for part or all of the summer season, according to an internal United States Forest Service spreadsheet viewed ...

Nestled in a quiet patch just off Route 202 in Simsbury is a 40-acre wooded area named Belden Forest. At first glance, the area may look like any other forest in Connecticut, but it’s actually ...