In essence, the Five Great Forests are the mirror of North America's eastern forests—tropical counterparts that shelter the same community of forest-loving migratory birds, from Scarlet Tanagers and ...

Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings ...

Conceptual figure illustrates the impacts of fire exclusion and suppression on area burned and fire severity in historically frequent-fire North American forests and woodlands represented by the ...

America’s forests are facing significant pressures, and a number have no future. However, there are several ways a forest can “disappear” and also the pace of the disappearance can be fast or slow.

The world would need to plant a forest the size of North America in order to offset planet-warming emissions from the 200 largest oil and gas companies, new research has found. A study published ...

Discover the thick billed parrot, North America’s endangered parrot, with its striking colors and dwindling wild population.

A Gilded Age baron invited Carl Alwin Schenck to manage his forest at the Biltmore Estate. The decision changed America's landscape. A portrait of Carl Alwin Schenck, the forstmeister whose work at ...