New research from UVM suggests that fallen logs in streams are unsung climate heroes, locking up heretofore-unrecognized ...

American beech trees stand out with their light tan leaves that persist through winter. White oaks display distinctive light-colored, stringy bark, while American sycamores boast striking snow ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

Some trees are more than 200 centimeters, or 6.5 feet, in diameter. Other sizable residents of the stand include Jeffrey pines and California incense cedar. Old forests like this used to dominate ...

A group of botanists has discovered a new species of rainforest tree ... forest reserves surrounded by abandoned croplands, and initial assessments suggest some of them could be up to 3,000 years old.

Beneath melting ice in Wyoming’s Beartooth Plateau, scientists uncovered a 5,900-year-old forest ... above today’s tree line, proving that climate shifts once pushed forests to impossible ...