"Old-growth forests are lifeboats for biodiversity, reservoirs of clean water, and carbon-storage warehouses." Here, a road cuts through the White Mountain National Forest in Lincoln. (Marcoisler | ...

Overall, the world lost more than 7 percent of its intact forest landscapes in just over a decade, a trend that appears to be accelerating. A new study discusses how intact forests are critically ...

Tropical forests recovering from disturbance could be much more important to the conservation of forest bird species than first thought, according to a new study. Tropical forests recovering from ...

Leipzig. Forests fulfil numerous important functions, and do so particularly well if they are rich in different species of trees. This is the result of a new study. In addition, forest managers do not ...

We depend on forests for our survival, from the air we breathe to the wood we use. Besides providing habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans, forests also offer watershed protection, prevent ...

Imagine you aren’t sitting at your computer or looking down at your phone reading this article. Instead, try to picture yourself for a moment walking through the woods. What kinds of trees do you see ...

A United Nations meeting on sustainable management of forests today discussed the importance of mobilizing resources from a diverse range of actors to ensure broad ownership as well as to advance the ...

The world's tropical forests store huge quantities of carbon in their biomass and thus constitute an important carbon sink. However, current estimates of the amount of carbon dioxide stored in ...

In this Aug. 5, 2015 file photo, a forest grows back beneath a few uncut white pines several years after it was logged near Soubunge Mountain in northern Maine. FILE – In this Aug. 5, 2015 file photo, ...

Tropical forests recovering from disturbance could be much more important to the conservation of forest bird species than first thought, according to a new study. The research, led by the University ...