The new generation of “miniforests” pop up everywhere from schoolyards to urban parks to parking lots. Typically ranging from ...

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 ...

Along with forests, grasslands and wetlands are also being converted to cropland and pasture at an increasing rate around the world—often for livestock farming and the export of agricultural products.

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 ...

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.

In the top layers of soil, microbes digest dead wood and fallen leaves, while threadlike roots release carbon dioxide as they ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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

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