one stage of a working forest. For the decades before harvest, tree roots have aerated and fed the soil below, needles and ...

Dee V. A: Although tree roots appearing at the surface might seem problematic for us, for the trees, it’s natural. Walking through a forest, you can easily stumble on roots growing horizontally ...

A remarkable aspen forest that sprouted from a single seedling makes "the Roman Empire seem like a recent phenomenon." ...

A forest of quaking aspen trees in Utah, called Pando, has been confirmed to be incredibly old. It is estimated to be between ...

Discover the Tagua Tree (Phytelephas aequatorialis), a tropical palm native to South America known for its eco-friendly ...

Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees' ability to store large ...

Whether it be from damaging weather conditions, diseases, fungi or insect infestations, a sick or dying tree can be dangerous — and hard to spot.

Prevent Flooding Tree roots are our allies in heavy rainfall ... Block Wind Farming near a forest provides many benefits, such as bats and songbirds who come out of their forest home to eat ...

Tree Trust is helping train the next generation of arborists to restore urban forests ravaged by emerald ash borer and ...

A team of biologists, environmental scientists and geneticists affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. has ...

Pando is a giant aspen clone in central Utah that has been regrowing parts of itself for up to 80,000 years — but new threats mean the plant is now in decline.

"It sort of looks like octopuses stuck in the mud, really. But obviously it's tree roots." But the forest remains, while perhaps not widely known about, aren't a new discovery — and might not be ...