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I had gone into the forest to collect myself. For a sense of timelessness, amid trees here long before I got here, that would ...
They are ghost forests: the haunting remains of what were once stands of cedar and pine. Since the late 19th century, an ever ...
According to Smithsonian Magazine, some scientists even refer to the social network of trees as the “wood-wide web”. A single ...
Discover 5 types of birds that are blue! Beyond blue jays, we dive into tree swallows, eastern bluebirds, and much more!
Seattle Times reporter Lynda V. Mapes, in an effort to learn more about our forests, overcame her fear and climbed a 200-foot ...
A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.
The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...
People are ready to put down roots. So here’s a look at eight trees that are — for better or worse — popularly planted in ...
UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...
There are many other old-growth forests across the continent. Each of these forests has a unique ecology, but all are under ...
For a brief period of a few weeks in the summer, male stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) fly in search of a mate. They use their spectacular jaws to wow the ladies and conduct dramatic duels with their ...