We have a nice array of conifers, and any number of them are more likely than the far northern and western firs (unless you're looking at one sold as a cultivated Christmas tree). In Connecticut, some ...

Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.” Its isolation makes the Mt. Graham ...

As the large raptor squirms and uses its wings to try to balance on a precarious perch, I find my own arms lifting in solidarity ...

Pines are the second largest taxonomic group of trees in Michigan, by volume, exceeded only by the maples. However, what makes a “pine” a pine? All that is “evergreen” is ...

The Pennine Way recently turned 60 years old – so to celebrate that milestone we’ve cooked up 60 fascinating facts you may or not know about the legendary long-distance trail.

Remodelista in Maine is an ode to the can-do, make-do, do-everything style of those who reside in the northeasternmost state.

Tucked away in Juab County, approximately 90 miles south of Salt Lake City, Nephi sits in the protective shadow of Mount Nebo ...

Edmonds businesses unite to save the city’s Christmas tree lighting, preserving a cherished holiday tradition and ...

The snow is intercepted by a conifer snow umbrella that keeps the snow off the ground. The thick interlacing needles of hemlock, pine, and spruce intercept about 60% of the snow. This phenomenon also ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries division has partnered with McAlpine Christmas Tree Farm in Bismarck for a donation of 200 Christmas trees that can be used by anglers for fish habitat ...

“The Monarch” presided as the crowned sovereign of the 49-acre Old Growth Forest at Hartwick Pines State Park for years. It was 325 years old when it died in 1996. This Eastern white pine was – and ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday issued a precedential decision in Willis Electric Co. v.