Did you know that forests cover about 31% of the Earth's land area? From the icy taiga to the sweltering jungle, our planet is home to a spectacular variety of forest ecosystems. We often categorise ...

Challenge your brain with this viral optical illusion and spot the hidden cat in a dry forest within 14 seconds.

Most of us know pine forests are different than jungles. There's a reason the world's forests are so distinct, yet there are ...

On the hillside across from Alparon Park in Troy, there is a stand of evergreen trees that appear as if they have died. Through the years I been asked why this stand of trees died. My answer is they ...

Plants that drop all their leaves at one time and enter a leafless, dormant state are called deciduous. In climates that ...

Wildfires may disappear from the landscape within weeks, but their hidden effects on the soil can persist for decades. An ...

Four-legged reinforcements may be enlisted to help battle invasive buckthorn in Lake County forest preserves. The idea is in the formative stage, but forest district commissioners appear amenable to ...

One of southern California’s oldest giant sequoias holds more leaves than there are people in China. It has stood since there were fewer people on Earth than live in modern Japan—more than 3,000 years ...

A forest may seem silent, but Dr. Richard Karban of UC Davis shows it is far noisier than we realize. Rob Reiner’s son Nick arrested for murder after parents’ death “Survivor 48” star Eva Erickson ...

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny ...