The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

The Bug That’s Eating the Woods.” “Small Pests, Big Problems: The Global Spread of Bark Beetles.” “Eighty-Nine Million Acres ...

There are many other old-growth forests across the continent. Each of these forests has a unique ecology, but all are under ...

UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

Pine trees, like oaks and magnolias, rely on the wind to spread their sneeze-inducing, eye-watering pollen. And the prevalence of these types of trees in South Carolina is partly to blame for the ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much ...

With around 20% of Indiana being forest land and 83% of that privately owned, it can be challenging for some Hoosiers to ...

The DNR's Wildlife division is assessing which animals may be positively impacted by the ice storm's forest reset.