Pick a tree. Any colossal tree. Ballard forest ecologist Robert Van Pelt, known as Big Tree Bob, probably can identify it immediately, and tell you its story.

If you missed the annual Big Tree Hunt put on by the New Jersey Forest Service this spring, the mammoth specimen you thought might be a contender is worth keeping an eye on. The event challenges Ne… ...

The Big Tree #755 Trailhead remains closed due to the fire, which has burned 47,100 acres in the forest north of Fort Bayard and is 33% contained as of Tuesday, June 24.

“When trees are in a forest, they often do not grow as big because they have to share those resources.” Kelley had a hard time singling out his favorite discoveries in New York so far.

Salmon are creatures of the forest. Big trees cool the waters of their natal streams. The roots of big trees hold stream banks, preventing erosion that can smother salmon eggs.

And it's not super surprising, but it's that big trees are very important," Buckler said.Large trees like oaks, maples and beech make up just 7% of our urban forest but provide about one half of ...

Two large dead beech trees (background) that died within the last few years from beech bark disease in a Pennsylvania forest studied by the author. In the foreground, two small dead beeches. David ...

The U.S. Forest Service is concerned about the overgrowth of pine trees in and around Big Bear and have devised a plan to thin out the forest. But environmental groups oppose the plan and want it ...

A Big Tech-backed campaign to plant trees might have taken a wrong turn. A new analysis scrutinizes a popular forest restoration initiative backed by the Bezos Earth Fund and Meta.

Milwaukee is lucky to have a thriving urban forest, and now, a first-of-its-kind research project is shedding even more light on the impact trees have on the city. "We kind of poetically call the ...