When the Giants Start to Fail Some of the largest living things on Earth are starting to fail. We are seeing it happen in real time with oak trees. Diseases like oak wilt can take down entire stands ...

In February, mining company Alcoa was hit with a $55 million penalty for illegally clearing about 2,000 hectares of WA's ...

Climate change is already reshaping the landscapes we know and love. Within the next century, the Antarctic could lose most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thinking through scenarios allows land managers to prepare for many potential outcomes. Benjamin Slyngstad via USGS In Sequoia and ...

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change ...

But beneath the waves, marine communities have their own variety of stunning architecture – with one major difference. While ...

Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less, ...

“As humans, our everyday lives are sustained by the behaviors and interactions of forest organisms,” photographer David Herasimtschuk writes of old growth forests. “Yet, because these processes and ...

Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree species reveals that forests are becoming more uniform, increasingly ...

Seattle leaders and Woodland Park Zoo officials on Friday marked the opening of a new exhibit designed to immerse visitors in ...

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

Just a few miles from downtown Fort Wayne is a nature preserve that will help you forget how close you are to the city, with ...