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 ...

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 Biden administration is proposing new protections for old-growth forests, but stopping short of blocking all logging of the carbon-storing plants. The Forest Service on Thursday proposed to limit ...

Too young to save? The issue isn’t that Department of Natural Resources must log old trees to keep up with demand for wood. Most of the agency’s holdings consist of younger forests, many of which are ...

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 ...

(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 ...