New research shows that forest connecting different types of habitats may help frogs fight a deadly amphibian fungus ...

Forests provide myriad benefits, including timber, wildlife attraction, local cooling and climate resilience. At the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, ecologists are testing which tree combin ...

Mixing tree species can lead to better growth in the forest—at least above ground. A new study published in Nature shows that ...

Planting new forests may be a low-cost way to combat warming temperatures in urban areas, suggests a new study. In a ...

As chief of the Forest Service, Tom Schultz has an objective that might sound self-defeating: Quit spending so much time — ...

Forests are multifaceted ecosystems that perform an array of essential functions that both directly and indirectly impact humanity. They act as a nexus of the Earth system’s climate, hydrology and ...

At the start of this year’s UN Forum on Forests, the United Nations will launch the Global Forest Goals Report 2026, the latest global assessment of progress towards the six Global Forest Goals and 26 ...

Scientists hope an endangered listing may help preserve alpine ash forests, but the forestry industry is raising concerns that it could result in further decline.

A new annual report that surveys the health of Michigan’s forest says 2025 was a year of “progress and challenges.” Every ...

The US Forest Service has proposed closing some three-quarters of its research sites in a move that has provoked widespread ...