Forests worldwide may be entering a new phase marked by fewer specialized tree species and more fast-growing generalists.

Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...

NEW YORK -- It's a tough time to be a tree. For this Earth Day, National Geographic has focused its lens on humanity's relationship with the world's 3 trillion trees and 10 billion acres of forest, ...

As Forest Park recovers from last May's devastating tornado, the loss of mature trees offers a chance to reimagine the ...

Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree ...

Forest Park is moving forward after last spring’s tornado, with crews and volunteers planting hundreds of young trees as part ...

“The Monarch” presided as the crowned sovereign of the 49-acre Old Growth Forest at Hartwick Pines State Park for years. It ...

On the narrow isthmus of Panama, scientists discovered adding nitrogen to the soil doubled tree growth, providing new ...

Hidden inside New York Botanical Garden, the Thain Family Forest preserves a rare slice of pre-Revolution Bronx woodland. Now ...

Three months after Elizabeth Mahoney moved to her home in River Park in 1996, it was hit by what she calls a “horrific flood.