In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the longleaf pine savannas of the southeastern U.S., most of the biodiversity is found in the ground cover and depends on ...

The naturalist John Muir once wrote that “between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” That’s the experience of hiking through the piney woods of East Texas, where one enters the wild, can ...

WEOGUFKA, Ala.—At first glance, the oldest known tree in Alabama doesn’t look like much. If anything, it seems a bit like a 40-foot version of Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree, sparse branches twisting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAYLING, MI - The largest stand of old growth pine trees remaining in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is the result of a recession.

The Forest Service recently issued its decision authorizing yet another old growth logging project on Bozeman’s doorstep in Hyalite Canyon. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Gallatin Wildlife ...

A federal judge on May 14 ordered a halt to logging near Yoncalla in Douglas County, about 50 miles south of Eugene, after a group of Oregon conservation groups alleged old growth trees were cut down ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Reed Frederick Noss, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) In an old-growth ...