As a cadre of Maine foresters and ecologists shuffled down the sun-baked roads of Surry Forest on Wednesday they were faced with the same sweltering heat they are trying to prepare Maine’s coastal ...

Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for its denial of Endangered Species Act protections for the red ...

Test your knowledge of Alaska, The Last Frontier, with this quiz! Discover fascinating facts about its state symbols, unique ...

Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have downgraded the state to Preparedness Level 4 (PL4) as of Saturday morning.

In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. In the real world, they’re slow.

In a new study published in Functional Ecology, researchers focused on why spruce trees produce such a complex mixture of defense substances in their sticky resin.

A look inside a rare, 400-year-old tree found in the Lorneville area of Saint John offers a microscopic glimpse at the history and data that can be pulled from old growth trees as the supply of ...

North Star ABATE (Alaskan Bikers Advocating Training & Education) raised $5,500 at their seventh-annual Cancer Sucks Dart Run on June 1. The funds go to the family of North Pole ...

The sounds of chainsaws could be heard along Lawrence Street this week as city arborists took down two towering spruce trees on the north side of Grandstreet Theatre. Officials with the city of ...

During the 2024-25 school year, Spruce Creek and Flagler Palm Coast led the Five Star Conference. The Hawks won 10 titles, and the Bulldogs won five.

Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future ones, while pines acclimatized to wet periods were more vulnerable.

It may not be as good as saving the whole tree, but it appears likely the state will try to save at least a part of the beloved Sitka spruce fondly dubbed by locals as the Yaquina Bay Muscle Tree.