WEOGUFKA, Ala.—At first glance, the oldest known tree in Alabama doesn’t look like much. If anything, it seems a bit like a 40-foot version of Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree, sparse branches twisting ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. In the biology of pine trees, the cone is actually not the seed at all, but a ...

In the harsh, snow-covered Alps, wildlife must employ extraordinary survival tactics to endure the bitter cold. Red Deer, once extinct in the region, now thrive by conserving energy and utilizing ...

In 1675, Mary Walcott, one of the accusers at the Salem witch trials, was born; Domenico II Contarini, the Doge of Venice, died; and, as best as forestry experts can determine, a bunch of ...