A dawn redwood is threatened by sewer and sidewalk work connected to ISU's fine arts complex construction. Recent ISU graduate Cassie McGinnis organized a change.org petition to raise awareness about ...

Suppose you were a farmer and found a porcupine in one of your best apple trees. Would you shoot the beast, or club it to death? I was with Scott Nearing on his Harborside farm when this happened to ...

In a controversial conservation effort, thousands of trees were deliberately removed to protect an ancient forest ecosystem. The goal was to restore balance and preserve rare habitats that were under ...

My message to young environmental professionals is to be persistent. My career started in landscaping, and I strongly ...

Roughly half the world’s arabica coffee-growing regions will become unsuitable for cultivation of the crop by 2050 due to the ...

In lush South Florida, trees and bushes grow all year round. And that means yard waste and dead trees never stop piling up. But leaving them in a landfill is a climate-warming issue.

“We always joke that if you cut one big cedar tree, a hundred little ones will show up to the funeral.” SHANE REIS, a ranch owner and conservationist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, referring ...

Save a tree. Build around it. That’s definitely an interesting way of looking at things. A lot of trees are cut down every day to clear the lot so houses and buildings can be erected. But is that ...

Warm weather in the wintertime, which the Panhandle has experienced lately, confuses outdoor plants, causing them to break dormancy, push out buds, or even flower early, creating a "false spring," ...

Canopy Cat Rescue founders climb trees and retrieve stranded cats in Pierce County. Founders use arborist gear, slingshot lines and nets to rescue cats from tall trees. Team responds across Western ...

It's the most common tree in Douglas County, but it's also under threat from the mountain pine beetle. As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sounds the alarm about pine beetle outbreaks, there are steps ...

A key park for the conservation of the Sumatran tiger had more than 50 percent forest loss in 20 years due to the ...