For many conservation decisions, the most contested question is also the most basic: what belongs on the map? A forest may ...

With less than five years remaining to 2030—and forests, a key driver of climate resilience, livelihoods and food security, under threat— the United Nations today launched The Global Forest Goals ...

When her mother passed after battling Alzheimer’s, Suzanne Simard turned to the forest and her research into how trees ...

To effectively protect biodiversity in an era of climate change, ecologists first have to know where animal and plant species ...

Ecologists warn that in just 25 years, more than 70 percent of the Southwestern needle leaf evergreen forests, which include ...

Large fires, fueled by a record breaking drought, have been destroying homes and timber plantations in Southeastern states.

Tropical forests store more than 60% of the world's vegetation biomass and are among the most important ecosystems for regulating the global carbon cycle and climate. However, their regulatory role is ...