Old-growth forests are rare – less than 7% of the area of U.S. forests today – and are still often logged. To recover forest ecosystems across the U.S., it will not be enough to protect just ...

A groundbreaking chance discovery in southwest England in the Hangman Sandstone Formation revealed the world’s oldest fossilized forest. Dating back 390 million years, these ancient trees help grow ...

A voracious insect called the spruce budworm was ravaging Maine’s North Woods, killing mountainsides of balsam fir and red ...

Spurs' star striker is going through a dry spell that's now up to 11 games, but he is contributing in other ways ...

Rails to Trails Conservancy is hosting its Celebrate Trails Day on April 26. This annual spring celebration of America’s ...

A massive 1,100-year-old graveyard leads to a surprising new view of ... a dense tangle of forest called Heath Wood. We were in Derbyshire, close to the very heart of England.

Like finding an original Picasso at a garage sale, discovering Tumbled Rock Trail in Baraboo feels like you’ve stumbled upon something you shouldn’t be able to access without an admission fee or a ...

I had gone into the forest to collect myself. For a sense of timelessness, amid trees here long before I got here, that would ...

A recently constructed trail through the Hungry Beech Preserve in Roane County will make it easier for people to enjoy the ...

Gnarled, wild and majestic: these two very different trees in California form part of Mitch Epstein’s quest to photograph ancient forests across the US. The photographer’s Old Growth project ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and ...

Reed Frederick Noss, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in ...