Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

Researchers at Beijing Normal University used advanced machine learning and satellite imagery to map forest management ...

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a structured framework to ...

The vast majority of western dry forests are at risk of large, high-intensity fire because of the effects of poor forest management over the past century. The primary factors that lead to current ...

Forests are complex ecosystems with numerous interacting components, including plants, soil, water, fungi, people and other animals. These diverse habitats and ecological systems support immense ...

In Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California, trees that have persisted through rain and shine for thousands of years are now facing multiple threats triggered by a changing climate.

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Aside from humans, perhaps no other species can modify its surroundings for its own purposes as much as beaver. Throughout much of North America, these busy critters take down trees and dam streams to ...

By Marlowe Starling The Van Eck Forest in northwestern California is home to iconic coast redwood trees, which store more ...

Jacke is co-author of "Edible Food Forest Gardens," and a leading voice in permaculture and ecological design. He will ...

IN southern Brazil, a drink is never just a drink. A cuia, a customary drinking vessel, filled with chimarrão, the traditional Brazilian erva-mate infusion, is passed from hand to hand, opening a ...