Alberta's golden aspen trees are a fall staple, and they are at serious risk. The Weather Network's Connor O'Donovan digs into the threats to the iconic tree. When fall rolls around in Alberta, ...

When fall rolls around in Alberta, there's no mistaking the unmistakable golden hues that paint the landscape. The brilliant yellows that dominate the province’s parkland are a sight to behold, ...

This summer has been hot. Too hot. We are in a stage 2 drought in the Roaring Fork Valley, in a drought pattern that stretches back 20 years. When I started to research what the impact of the drought ...

Aspen forests help slow the spread of wildfires and could serve as fire breaks in Colorado and other southwestern states, according to a peer-reviewed study by Western Colorado University researchers.

Aspen trees are making a comeback at Yellowstone National Park. NPS / Diane Renkin Aspen trees are getting a boost from wolves at Yellowstone National Park, new research suggests. For the first time ...

New research from Western Colorado University shows that the long-held conventional belief about aspen trees being resilient to wildfires is more than just an anecdotal assumption. Matt Harris, a ...

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The restoration of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park has helped revive an aspen tree population unique to the region, a new study has found. Quaking aspen, one of the few deciduous tree species ...

Yellowstone National Park is celebrating an ecological milestone along with a key anniversary this summer, Oregon State University researchers report. A paper published in Forest Ecology and ...