One of my favorite excursions of the year is my AP Environmental Science class field trip up Blue Job Mountain in Farmington, N.H. The purpose of this field trip is to collect data about a variety of ...

With wispy tufts that drape trees like haunted-house cobwebs, old man’s beard lichen can be an unexpected sight in northern ...

Good numbers of siskins, grosbeaks, and other favorites could be headed your way, according to the latest edition of the ...

The Marcell Experimental Forest in northern Minnesota. Scientists are simulating different climates in these glass chambers to better understand how boreal forests will respond to rising temperatures.

The flow of CO2 into and out of the vast northern forests has been increasing in recent years, thanks to climate change The boreal forest seems to like the higher levels of carbon dioxide that result ...

One of nature’s woody behemoths — the North American snow forest — may soon begin shrinking. The continent’s boreal forest reposes in subarctic latitudes, spanning much of Alaska and Canada.

As part of Project Owlnet, the Something Wild team observed northern saw-whet owls being banded to learn more about their ...