The intentional flames help keep forests healthy in Yosemite National Park and other forested areas.

Big trees play an outsized role in old-growth forests—from offering fire resistance to producing strong genetic offspring, big trees give forests multiple ecological advantages. New research gives ...

Tropical trees may grow to be more than 250 feet (77 meters) tall. Note person in red on the forest floor, below. Credit: Evan Gora, STRI Giant trees in tropical forests, witnesses to centuries of ...

Large trees offer major solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis that are needed now. As President Biden calls for protecting mature and old growth trees on Federal lands, the study describes ...

Students squinting along a sunny stretch of sidewalk outside the Roanoke College library find a moment of cool refuge beneath the leafy shade of an old, but steady-growing champion. A Dutch elm tree ...

More than ever, rich property owners are spending huge sums on full-grown oaks, palms and baobabs. They don’t have the time or patience to watch them grow.

Searching for the “Big Trees of Schuylkill County” is a project of the Schuylkill County Conservancy. The intent of the project is to engage citizens to join the Conservancy and take action to protect ...