A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

Imagine a forest so vast and wild that its boundaries stretch farther than the eye can see, where ancient trees tower like ...

A new study has investigated how the relationship between mean annual precipitation (MAP) and grassland biomass changes when ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

Trees are essential allies in the fight against desertification, pollution and climate change — and Delhi is currently conducting a massive tree census.

Take a flight of discovery high above Taiga, the world's largest biome, spanning Russia, Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, and ...

Finland is home to the happiest people, reigning champion for the past seven years. Even in it’s Arctic Lakeland, the cold ...