Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Allegheny College will award an honorary degree to renowned forest ecologist Margaret D. Lowman during its commencement ceremony ...

Forest ecosystems are increasingly confronting the dual challenges of climate change and environmental disturbances. Rising global temperatures, altered precipitation patterns and intensified extreme ...

Big Thicket National Preserve Fire Ecologist Conor McInnerney’s job literally is to put fire back into the landscape. But using fire history, science and numbers, the forest’s prescribed burns mean ...

Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global climate. While deforestation is the primary cause of forest loss, intact ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have analyzed 96 years of forest census data to better understand ecological changes and inform management practices. Their study, published ...

For more than a century, common wisdom held that the original forest of the Adirondacks was largely erased. A new wave of research reveals more old growth than previously thought.

Liza Comita, a forest ecologist who studies the dynamics of tropical forests with an emphasis on understanding the processes that maintain forest diversity and ecosystem function, was recently ...

Fungal ecology is a pivotal component in sustaining forest ecosystems, influencing nutrient cycling, plant health and overall forest productivity. The diverse roles of fungi—from mutualistic ...

Grassy Lake Forest Preserve in Lake Barrington and retired Restoration Ecologist Ken Klick were recognized with top awards from the Chicago Wilderness Alliance. The Grassy Lake restoration project ...

Conserving and managing our forests is a noble, exciting and important profession. That’s why UW is proud to offer a forest resources minor that prepares students for a wide variety of careers in ...

The biotic pump theory was developed by scientists Anastassia Makarieva and the late Victor Gorshkov, who were Russian theoretical physicists working for the Theoretical Physics Division of the ...