As the weather warms up in preparation for a New England summer, many people are heading back outdoors to adore Rhode Island's nature, from flowers to mountains to trees. While the Ocean State has ...

As the weather warms up in preparation for a New England summer, many people are heading back outdoors to adore Connecticut's nature, from flowers to mountains to trees. While Connecticut has plenty ...

Scientists dated a coolabah tree to 566 years old, uncovering centuries of drought and flood history in the Gwydir Wetlands.

Records show that there is a living tree that began growing around 2830 BCE, placing its birth more than a century before construction began on the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was already ancient when ...

Ancient alerce trees may shelter entire underground ecosystems, with vast fungal networks helping forests cycle nutrients and store carbon.

Students explore the ancient cypress trees of North Carolina’s timeless Three Sisters Swamp. In southeastern North Carolina’s Three Sisters Swamp, UNC-Wilmington students and guides journey through ...

It was older than the Roman Empire, the Egyptian pyramids and Christianity. Then someone cut it down. Now known as Prometheus, the bristlecone pine tree that found its home on Wheeler Peak in Nevada's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Not many living organisms have been around long enough to ...

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...