Old-growth forests store more carbon than managed forests, especially in soil. This changes how we think about climate and forest protection.

Most of Europe's original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper, ...

Swedish old-growth forests store 83% more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University. The ...

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 ...

Nestled in a quiet patch just off Route 202 in Simsbury is a 40-acre wooded area named Belden Forest. At first glance, the area may look like any other forest in Connecticut, but it’s actually part of ...

BROHMAN, MI – Trees at Richmond Woods Nature Preserve are destined to age until they become old-growth forest. The national nonprofit Old-Growth Forest Network recently added the 114-acre nature ...

James Johnston has been studying trees in the Blue Mountains that are older than America, and he’s disturbed by how many trees, after surviving for a few centuries or longer, died during a single ...

For decades, ecologists assumed that ancient forests eventually reach a carbon equilibrium, absorbing roughly as much carbon ...

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, ...