Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

First banded in 1956, the Laysan albatross has become a mother once again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge ...

The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living historical ...

China is set to launch a nationwide tagging system to protect its old trees, including some estimated to be over 5,000 years ...

China is set to launch a national system to begin tagging and protecting its old trees, including some that have stood for more than 5,000 years. The new regulations, announced by the National ...

Charles Ver Straeten, curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum, made an unexpected discovery while surveying ...

The Penn State Alumni Association recently won the Centre County Historical Society’s President’s Award for the historical ...

Old Tjikko sprouted almost 9,560 years ago, making it older than the Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, and the rise of human ...