The U.S. Forest Service said that more than 90% of the land in the Conecuh National Forest would be available for oil and gas wells.

A pair of disturbances common in Western Canada's boreal forests, when combined, may have an unexpected benefit of limiting the spread of non-native plant species, a University of Alberta study shows.

Do you know which flower is known as the snow flower or snow plant? This rare flower lacks chlorophyll and grows 15–30 cm ...

Highly detailed 3D scans of dense tropical rain forest plots are enabling precise estimates of tree structure, volume and ...

In the top layers of soil, microbes digest dead wood and fallen leaves, while threadlike roots release carbon dioxide as they ...

Ranging mostly in forested lands, especially in mixed deciduous-coniferous forests throughout Minnesota’s northern third, ...

The world’s largest terrestrial biome is changing fast, so much so that Earth’s appearance from space will be subtly shifting ...

Dozens of fertilizer bags wept blue fluid onto the forest floor. Irrigation tubes snaked across the craters of empty plant ...

By planting the right trees in your yard, you can help owls hide, rest, and hunt easily, and in turn you'll get to enjoy spotting these feathered friends.

Did you know that forests cover almost one-third of all land on Earth? These large green areas are the lungs of our planet, but they aren't identical. From the chilly, needle-leaf Boreal forests in ...

The newly described species is named Hoya nagaensis, a member of the 'wax plant family' In a striking reminder that India's biodiversity continues to reveal new surprises even in the 21st century, a ...