In order to obtain a comprehensive picture of Switzerland's forests, they are monitored on a long-term basis. On 18 March 2025, the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN and the Swiss Federal ...

Responsible harvesting and other small disturbances can help make forests in the eastern United States more resilient to ...

The deep cuts to the Forest Service aren’t just a blow to the people who lost their paychecks—they’re a blow to the ...

On a rainy November day in 2024, Storm Sara, a slow-moving tropical cyclone, struck Honduras, claiming at least six lives and ...

State wildlife officials report that five ʻalalā, or Hawaiian crows, are healthy and showing signs of success five months after being released into the Kīpahulu Forest Reserve in East Maui. According ...

Brazil is home to the world’s greatest diversity of amphibians: Of the more than 8,000 species known worldwide, some 1,200 ...

The U.S. Forest Service’s Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan, published in March 2023 to guide the long-term future of these forests, drastically underestimated the amount of natural disturbance that ...

We found evidence that different populations have evolved genetic differences to adapt to their local habitats. In particular, forest-dwelling populations have adaptations in genes associated with ...

Forest biodiversity is trending positively Forests are an important habitat for animals and plants. Around 40% of the species recorded in Switzerland live in or off the forest. Biodiversity in the ...