SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — There’s something eerie about this forest in the southern Sierra Nevada. Tangles of bony branches obscure the ground. Dead trees stand gray and bristly. An aura of doom hangs ...

A forest community not typically recognized in most descriptions of Adirondack vegetation is the “upper slope hardwood-conifer forest”. This community is very similar to the mixedwood type except red ...

Ancient sediments reveal how rapid warming collapsed Arctic forests in centuries, triggering fires, erosion, and long-lasting ...

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Scientists found that fires in America's dry conifer forests are burning hotter and killing more trees today than in previous centuries. The main culprit? Paradoxically, a lack of fires. In a study ...

Hotter and drier conditions are destroying the ability of many Western conifer forests to spring back after wildfires, a new study has found. The onslaught of destructive fire and climate change risks ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at [email protected]. A ...

Researchers say topographic templates' can help forest conservation managers develop strategies for protecting and restoring the most fire-resistant parts of vulnerable forests across a range of ...