Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging or intensifying drought and fire as the climate changes.

In a groundbreaking discovery, botanists have identified a towering, ancient species of tree in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. Known as Tessmannia princeps, these giants stand at heights of up to 131 ...

Dramatically reversing federal management of the nation’s natural resources, an over two-decades-old rule that has left ...

Elite club blocked from logging giant redwoods by Susan Ives April 1, 2011 January 24, 2024. Print; Email; Save Article; More; Susan Ives. For now ...

Learning what kills giant trees is a question of increasing urgency. In 2022, a Nature study conducted in Australia suggested that the death rates of tropical trees there have doubled since the 1980s.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - The U.S. Forest Service lost more than $9 million by logging trees burned in the massive 2002 Biscuit fire in southwestern Oregon, a review coordinated by the World Wildlife ...

The Trump administration last Saturday touted logging as the next frontier in job creation and wildfire prevention, but those goals will face confounding challenges. Trump issued two executive ...

I am writing in response to, and in support of the letter written by Reese Bull and printed in the Sunday, April 6, edition of The Roanoke Times ("More logging ...

Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging or intensifying drought and fire as the climate changes.