Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

The widespread destruction of old growth trees for ranching and farming is making it harder to get the wood traditionally used to make guitars, including mahogany and Brazilian rosewood.

Manzanita are native to North America, which doesn’t really say much since North America has many different climate belts and ...

Every tree tells a story, and at the heart of each story is a journey of growth unfolding year after year. The narrative of a ...

Scientific research may not have evidence of the sacred, but there is a large body of work that shows the positive effects of ...

Most travelers assume summer is the best time to visit Sequoia & Kings Canyon, but that could not be further from the truth.

Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...

Walk into the woods and you are bound to find standing dead trees, otherwise known as snags. Here's what you may not know about them.

CHEPSTOW, Wales — "Wassail!" yelled the crowd. "Cider for everyone!" In an orchard by a Welsh castle, hundreds of people ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

A barred owl made quite a stir in Arlington, Virginia, over the Christmas holiday. The bird evidently was playing Santa Claus ...

A welcome winter thaw before Christmas called me into the woods. My dog and I followed our usual hiking path, up and down hills in the remnant Big Woods adjacent to where I live. The top layer of ...