Unlike many other trees, beech trees can survive in lower light strata caused by oaks, tulip poplars and other sun seekers.

A shaggy, cool-green lichen hangs from the trunk of a tree in a forest on northeastern Vancouver Island, growing on the bark ...

The city of Helena Open Lands Division will be removing beetle-kill trees from Mount Helena between Jan. 29 and Feb. 2. Staff estimate multiple thousands of trees will need to be removed due to beetle ...

Some people may be tempted to go the natural route, using coconut oil, tea tree oil, neem oil, eucalyptus oil or anise oil ...

In 1976, National Geographic asked actor Robert Redford to follow in the footsteps of the Wild West's greatest outlaws. This ...

It was in 2002, during the George W. Bush administration, when NASA decided to put a satellite into orbit to track emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas pumped into the atmosphere ...

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts think they might even survive right up until the Sun dies.

Maine’s Board of Pesticides Control says two summer residents poisoned a neighbor’s trees so the couple, both Martha Stewart associates, could have a harbor view. They deny it. Stephen Antonson, a ...

In about 30 acres of dense forest in the Litchfield Hills, a team of foresters and researchers are pioneering new forest management techniques that they say can be replicated throughout New England to ...

Garden with various shrubs and trees for privacy - Photos By R A Kearton/Getty Images If you've ever looked out your back window and wished you had a little more peace, quiet, and seclusion from the ...

The western White Mountains have long been my personal favorite: less crowded, scenic villages and quieter hiking trails to explore.