Salt River Project, with aid from corporate, government and nonprofit partners, is thinning Arizona forests to prevent wildfires and save water.

That would keep the forest from growing dangerously dense again. Fire naturally spaces out mature ponderosas by taking out seedlings that grow between them. The older trees develop thick bark that ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

"Forests growing at the southern boreal distribution range may not be able to maintain the current number of trees as the climate becomes drier and warmer. Therefore, they may become less dense.

Rather than being the cause of the bushfires, healthy, dense native trees are our last line of defence. Our native trees are experts at storing carbon, keeping moisture in the ground, securing rich ...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Botany has led pioneering work on forests ... trees of the same species. Trees with high levels of pathogenic fungi fared worse in dense patches.

Even this deep into winter, the trees are one of my favorite parts of our mountains. Stands of towering, majestic aspens, ...

is a revolutionary method for creating dense forests in limited spaces. Often referred to as the 'pot plantation method', it involves planting trees and shrubs close to one another to accelerate ...