There are many different types of forests with different types of trees. Learn more about a few types of forests and the trees that populate them. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. The difference between ...

To some forest creatures, a tree is a home. To scientists, it’s a beacon. A new way of mapping forests from the air by measuring chemical signatures of the tree canopy is revealing previously ...

Forests help mitigate carbon dioxide emissions by capturing it; to make the most of this natural phenomenon, scientists have defined which types of forests can store the most carbon and under what ...

A new type of forest ecology has been discovered from the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa in north-central Sri Lanka, centered around the irrigation canals abandoned there more than 700 years ago. The ...

Although trees are the largest, most productive organisms in forests, the forest ecosystem is much more than a population of trees growing on the land. Forests also provide habitat for a host of other ...

These massive forests hold important environmental value—but many are threatened. Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman ...

China's Grain-for-Green Program, the world's largest reforestation effort, has transformed 69.2 million acres of cropland and barren scrubland back to forest. Yet, the program overwhelming leads to ...

This global celebration of forests builds on the successes of the International Year of Forests in 2011, and provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of ...

A forest's ability to store carbon depends significantly on the bedrock beneath, according to researchers who studied forest productivity, composition and associated physical characteristics of rocks ...