New York City may be a symbol of modernity and human achievement, but just a few hours from one of the world's most famous cities is not one but two ancient forests, which precede the arrival of man ...

There are trees in some parts of the United States that are older than William Shakespeare. The Pacific Northwest old-growth forests, which stretch for hundreds of miles through parts of Northern ...

Of the many acres of woodland that extend across Holden Arboretum, scientist David Burke believes the 250 acres or so of old-growth forests provide unique value for research and the environment.

The naturalist John Muir once wrote that “between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” That’s the experience of hiking through the piney woods of East Texas, where one enters the wild, can ...

Joan Maloof, who leads the Old Growth Forest Network, explores the forest near a trail junction. She will speak at SUNY Cortland on Sept. 13. In 1736, Benjamin Franklin founded the country’s first ...

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 ...

The weakest showing for any of the 16 resolutions adopted at a national forest policy conference was one urging protection of old growth. Saving the nation’s oldest forests remains a priority among a ...

When her mother passed after battling Alzheimer’s, Suzanne Simard turned to the forest and her research into how trees ...