One of my favorite excursions of the year is my AP Environmental Science class field trip up Blue Job Mountain in Farmington, N.H. The purpose of this field trip is to collect data about a variety of ...

Discusses the temperate deciduous forest biome, highlighting its seasonal changes and the interdependence of plant and animal life. It explains the characteristics of the forest, including its layers ...

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Boreal forests, or taiga, are found between 50 ...

Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline in favor of temperate maple forests, the ecological history of the boreal ...

As climate change drives more frequent and severe wildfires across boreal forests in Alaska and northwestern Canada, scientists are asking a critical question: Will these ecosystems continue to store ...