Native trees, especially oaks and birch, are important to the reproductive success of insectivorous birds and other wildlife.

In elementary school, most of us learned the basic differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and drop in the fall, and coniferous trees have ...

As climate change drives more frequent and severe wildfires across boreal forests in Alaska and northwestern Canada, ...

Fall foliage color is produced by deciduous trees and shrubs. Up North, the spectacular fall color has long come and gone. Here in the Deep South, fall color is not as prominent, but we do see some.

The conical shape of conifer trees helps the snow slide off their branches, and their limbs are shorter and more flexible, ...

Conditions are quite different today as I step into the early November woods for a walk. With the leaf drop and the not-yet snow cover, the forest is very open, and I see plenty of things that were ...

Contrary to what is generally assumed, the diversity of qualitative chemicals among species of eastern deciduous forest trees is high. Qualitative defenses (e.g., alkaloids) that supplement ...

A century ago, the forests of the Eastern U.S. looked very different. They were packed with towering chestnut trees. But since then, those trees have largely disappeared, and the forests have evolved ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Miombo woodlands are a dry deciduous forest spanning 1.9 million square kilometers (726,000 square miles) across Central and Southern Africa.

Centuries of forestry decisions are colliding with climate reality, and the result is a landscape of dead trees and dying ...