Most travelers assume summer is the best time to visit Sequoia & Kings Canyon, but that could not be further from the truth.

Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...

Walk into the woods and you are bound to find standing dead trees, otherwise known as snags. Here's what you may not know about them.

A University of Queensland-led team has completed one of the most comprehensive surveys of Australia's subtropical ...

This kind of boomerang weather is called false spring — a day or two of warmth bracketed on either end by cold — and it is a ...

Without the proper mixture of rain and sun, there will not be a major bloom, although the recent rains will improve chances ...

CHEPSTOW, Wales — "Wassail!" yelled the crowd. "Cider for everyone!" In an orchard by a Welsh castle, hundreds of people ...

This is the first time in 2 years that festival organizers could light the Christmas tree bonfire on City Bay.

Earth is crossing the threshold of 1.5°C of global warming, according to two major global studies which together suggest the planet's climate has likely entered a frightening new phase. A new ...

A barred owl made quite a stir in Arlington, Virginia, over the Christmas holiday. The bird evidently was playing Santa Claus ...

A welcome winter thaw before Christmas called me into the woods. My dog and I followed our usual hiking path, up and down hills in the remnant Big Woods adjacent to where I live. The top layer of ...

“No winter halt in below-ground wood growth of four angiosperm deciduous tree species” Nature Ecology and Evolution January 2025) that tracked growth in four species (over 300 trees) and found ...