Scientists have known about the relationship between trees and fungi for a long time. But new research clarifies just how important it really is.

As climate conditions change, tree species are migrating to cooler or wetter sites. Wildfire is speeding up the process, a new study finds.

An asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago killed nearly all dinosaurs, plants, and animals. So how did some creatures survive the mass extinction?

New research investigates the growth of the secretive ginseng industry in Pennsylvania and finds both positive and negative developments.

"If you allow fire to continue in an area, then the fire could become self-limiting, where each subsequent fire is smaller than the previous one."

Protecting spotted owls under the Endangered Species Act cost the timber industry jobs—but the losses were far fewer than predicted.

Assessing the greenhouse gas emissions of ghost forests can't exclude "tree farts," new research shows.

"Ghost forests" filled with dead trees are becoming a growing phenomenon in parts of the Northeast. New research offers two explanations.

Data scientists analyzed camera trap photos from 15 tropical rainforests to uncover a previously unknown relationship between the biodiversity of mammals and forests.

Humans arrived in the Bahamas around 700 AD, far earlier than previously thought. Those new settlers dramatically changed the area's landscape.