As trees grow larger, their heartwood proportion increases and eventually accounts for most of the biomass. Heartwood decay ...

The children were part of the Capitol Junior Rangers program, a statewide initiative for children aged 7 to 12 to learn about California’s biodiversity.

The geology, fossils and human stories of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument are part of a common geologic heritage.

Isotopes, dinosaurs, and the redwood in the ravine Isotopes are forms of an element that vary ever so slightly in their number of neutrons, leaving what you might call chemical fingerprints.

California's drought state of emergency may have officially ended in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties at the end of 2024 following two wet winters that led to improved water conditions, but trees in ...

Wellingtonia or giant redwood is the largest single stem tree and the largest living thing (by volume) on earth. The tallest ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The Trump administration’s plan to repeal a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of ...

A scorched tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park stand one year after the CZU August Lightning Complex fire burned through the park, in Boulder Creek on Aug. 17 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

This magnificent 31-mile scenic byway winds through Humboldt Redwoods State Park like a ribbon threading through nature’s most impressive cathedral, where the towering coast redwoods serve as living ...

Prairie Creek Redwoods sits along Northern California’s spectacular coastline, forming part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...