With all the discussion about global climate change effects, new research shows that another kind of climate is an important factor in regional pinyon pine tree recovery after drought events - the ...

(Phys.org)—Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ...

The Pinyon Pine tree is a slow growing, compact, long-lived, drought tolerant tree. Pinus edulis is native to the desert mountains of California, east to New Mexico and Texas, and north to Wyoming.

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A nasal, laughing bird call echoed through the Ortiz Mountains in northern New Mexico this September. A couple ...

In among the quietest places in the continental United States, where the discordant whine of newly hatched cicadas is usually the loudest sound, the metallic growl of a 28-ton masticator overpowers ...

It’s not easy to kill a full-grown tree — especially one like the piñon pine. The hardy evergreen is adapted to life in the hot, parched American Southwest, so it takes more than a little dry spell to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Varlin Higbee walks through a dense pinyon-juniper woodland in Lincoln County, Nev. The county commissioner would like to see the ...

New research shows that the microclimate is an important factor in regional pinyon pine tree recovery after drought. With all the discussion about global climate change effects, new research shows ...

Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says ...