forest ecology

Homeowners tend to equate termites with property value apocalypse, but ecologically speaking, they’re more a force…

When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, it knocked out power island-wide, battered…

A 30-year analysis of Amazonian trees finds the world’s largest rainforest is already adapting to climate change,…

A new insect invader is spreading in eastern North America’s pine forests, and it’s causing trouble wherever its…

In 1996, a tree fell in the Bolivian Amazon, jamming up a river like a chicken bone lodged in a drain. 119,000 acres…

America’s Ash trees are facing extinction. And the impact of their loss in our forests, cities, and backyards will…

When you think “peatland,” you probably picture water, or mosquitoes, or creepily preserved human artifacts. What…

Eastern Canada’s black spruce forests are one of the largest untamed wilderness areas on Earth. And in refreshingly…

Trees, is there anything they can’t do? Doubtful. Let’s see: producing half the world’s oxygen, providing habitat…

The blackened skeletons of scorched trees jut out of the smoldering Earth like angry bee stings. A smell of ash,…

Good news on the environment front, folks: the effects of acid rain on forests in the northeastern US and eastern…

The signs of global warming are hitting us over the head today — if you’ll remember, the fire and drought-ridden…

Human beings are having an overwhelming impact on Earth’s ecosystems, whether we’re pouring plastic into the ocean…

Fungi are some of the weirdest and most fascinating creatures on Earth, but they’ve really outdone themselves with…