Right outside Detroit a native forest has stood undisturbed for centuries—but now, the 300 year-old oaks are gaining ...

He points up at their skeletal winter crowns ... We must manage our forests sustainably and respectfully, and allow some trees to grow old with dignity, and to die a natural death.” ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

Firefighters said they stopped the wildfire's forward spread, but there was still the threat of flareups on Tuesday.

Some trees are more than 200 centimeters, or 6.5 feet, in diameter. Other sizable residents of the stand include Jeffrey pines and California incense cedar. Old forests like this used to dominate ...

A group of botanists has discovered a new species of rainforest tree ... forest reserves surrounded by abandoned croplands, and initial assessments suggest some of them could be up to 3,000 years old.

Such scars are evidence of the widespread blazes that once played an essential role in North American forests, consuming sick trees and debris and clearing space for new vegetation to flourish.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Forest Service has received more than 1 million comments over four comment periods urging it to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests from logging. A 90-day public ...