But new research published this week finds that non-forest ecosystems—the world’s grasslands, savannas, and wetlands—are being devoured for agriculture at nearly four times the rate as forests. As ...

The U.S. Forest Service said that more than 90% of the land in the Conecuh National Forest would be available for oil and gas wells.

Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants ...

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that dung beetles suffer in canopy openings that have been deliberately ...

The U.S. Forest Service is conducting a prescribed burn in Bankhead National Forest to prevent future wildfires and maintain ...

A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results demonstrate that logging ...

Nearly all of the Conecuh National Forest in south Alabama will now be open to oil and gas leasing. On Wednesday, Linwood Butler, forest supervisor for National Forests in Alabama, signed a decision ...

Aside from humans, perhaps no other species can modify its surroundings for its own purposes as much as beaver. Throughout much of North America, these busy critters take down trees and dam streams to ...

The 663-hectare natural highland forest in Mbale and Sironko districts and adjacent to Mount Elgon National Park ...

One of the myths of modern business is that the future requires invention, including new technologies, new systems and new models powerful enough to outrun the limits we’ve already encountered. But ...

Quebec has authorized work to allow logging in a natural environment rich in biodiversity in the Mauricie region.