The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of ...

Photosynthesis is the oldest carbon-capture technology on Earth. For eons, plants have pulled carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locked carbon—the building block of life on our planet—into their ...

Western North Carolina forest research sites are safe from federal cuts that threaten 57 facilities nationwide.

The U.S. Forest Service recently announced plans to close dozens of research stations, including one in Ohio. The move has local researchers worried.

The Elliott State Forest took a big step recently on its way to becoming the country’s largest research forest, by finding a site for its headquarters. Oregon lawmakers established the 82,000-acre ...

On a brisk September morning, Brian Palik’s footfalls land quietly on a path in flickering light beneath a red pine canopy in Minnesota’s iconic Northwoods. A mature red pine, also called Norway pine, ...

On an overcast morning, in the midcoast town of Arrowsic, a group of researchers walked along an old Jeep trail in the Holt Research Forest, wearing hard hats that didn’t much protect against the ...