Pine trees, for example ... spawn thousands of flowers in the fire's wake. And many animals also take advantage of the freshly burned forest. The charred remains of trees provide the perfect ...

Alberta’s long-term strategy is to log or burn most patches of forest that are dominated by mature pine trees and thus highly susceptible to the beetles. Its short-term strategy is to fight the ...

Edward Faison, an ecologist, stood quietly in a patch of forest that stretched for miles in all directions. Above him, the ...

When volcanic activity in the northern Hemisphere caused the temperature to plunge further, the pine forest trees became locked ... to changes in the plants and animals that live in the valleys ...

Pine caterpillars feed on the needles of pine trees. In large numbers, they can severely weaken the trees, making them more ...

The Western Pine may be Idaho’s state tree – but another type of pine tree is notable for its age and resilience in Idaho’s ...

The story goes like this: moths laying eggs in hanging weblike nests that drop to the ground when they have served their ...