When you think of a South American rainforest, you probably don't imagine biting winds, heavy frosts and freezing ...

A research team led by Prof. Liang Yu from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently reconstructed the post-volcanic-eruption forest landscape in Changbai ...

A new study shows that it is possible to increase the number of bird species in a forest fragment without increasing its size.

Forest hydrology, the study of how water flows through forests, can help illuminate the connections between forests and water, but it must advance if it is to deal with today's complexities, including ...

In Québec, there are two distinct types of forest: the northern temperate forest in the south, and the boreal forest in the north. These forest ecosystems provide many different and essential services ...

Of the world’s remaining forests, only 40% are intact, with high ecological integrity, according to data from a newly developed index that’s the first of its kind to measure forest conditions on a ...

This article was originally published by YaleEnvironment360 and is republished here by permission. Lyndon Johnson signed the bill that established the Redwood National Park in California 55 years ago.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study has mapped lowland heath forests (kerangas) in Indonesian Borneo, revealing major changes in their extent and limited formal protection ...