The adoption of management techniques that reduce the impact of timber harvesting can promote the recovery of tropical forests, such as the Amazon, and store carbon in the long term while maintaining ...

A recent study published in National Science Review challenges the traditional emphasis on trees in forest ecology, revealing that shrub diversity plays a critical role in enhancing forest ecosystem ...

Hawaii’s Big Island is home to the Kona Cloud Forest, where cool weather, coffee and bamboo are in abundance.

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 ...

A study of changes to the habitats of more than 700 species reveals massive biodiversity loss—but also possibilities for ...

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 ...

“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 ...

In the valley that the Mississippi River carves through the heart of America, one vital habitat is facing a multitude of threats. The river's floodplain forests grow in rich, complex soils; provide ...

What you need to know: Mr Aldon Walukamba, the communications and public relations manager for forestry at the Ministry of Water and Environment, said plans are underway to safeguard Mabira Forest’s ...

Aspen trees in fall in adjacent Custer Gallatin National Forest. (Diane Renkin/National Park Service via Courthouse News) (CN) — Conservationists joined forces in Montana on Wednesday in challenging a ...

Though spatially distinct, the Santa Barbara Channel’s subtidal kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), the foundation species of rocky reefs, ...