The adoption of management techniques that reduce the impact of timber harvesting can promote the recovery of tropical forests, such as the Amazon, and store carbon in the long term while maintaining ...

An exceptional discovery in northern China has revealed a 300-million-year-old tropical forest preserved under volcanic ash.

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

Most ecologists once believed that healthy ecosystems are naturally stable, with a low turnover of species. Left to ...

Hawaii’s Big Island is home to the Kona Cloud Forest, where cool weather, coffee and bamboo are in abundance.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thinking through scenarios allows land managers to prepare for many potential outcomes. Benjamin Slyngstad via USGS In Sequoia and ...

A study of changes to the habitats of more than 700 species reveals massive biodiversity loss—but also possibilities for ...

The vast majority of western dry forests are at risk of large, high-intensity fire because of the effects of poor forest management over the past century. The primary factors that lead to current ...

“As humans, our everyday lives are sustained by the behaviors and interactions of forest organisms,” photographer David Herasimtschuk writes of old growth forests. “Yet, because these processes and ...

Allometric models are fundamental tools in forest ecology, enabling researchers and forest managers to estimate biomass by relating tree morphological measurements to carbon storage. These models ...

What you need to know: Mr Aldon Walukamba, the communications and public relations manager for forestry at the Ministry of Water and Environment, said plans are underway to safeguard Mabira Forest’s ...