On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: With climate change, the threat of wildfires, and human encroachment among other things, our trees and forests are in desperate need of guardians. From ...

Forests have different zones or layers: the forest floor, the understory, the canopy, and the emerging layer. Each layer can have a different climate and is home to a different set of animal and plant ...

The Smithsonian Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) is a global network of scientists and forest research sites dedicated to advancing long-term study of the world's forests. Image credit: ...

The viability of our world’s forests is constantly threatened by climate change, urbanization and invasive species. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Ph.D. student Jack Levy-Diedrich investigates ...

In Montana’s northwestern corner, centuries-old trees rise to a late September sky: ancient cedar, giant hemlock, shaggy sharp-needled spruce. Western larch, which can live for 1,000 years, tower ...

The thirty-four-year history of A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization, has been an epic tale of repeated consignments to oblivion, followed by dramatic rescues. First ...

The Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, is the therapeutic act of spending time in a forest, connecting with your senses and your surroundings. Share on Pinterest Getty ...

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the streams are telling us a story about forest recovery following acid rain and logging. According to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...