The Hoh Rain Forest is a lush paradise in Olympic National Park, famous for its temperate rainforest ecosystem. With rainfall between 140 and 170 inches annually, this green sanctuary features ...

Biodiversity isn’t just about what’s growing in the forest, but also how it’s growing. Forests with a wide range of tree sizes, ages, and canopy openings provide structural diversity.

Environmentalists have come out against a potential bridge corridor that would bisect and partially destroy a primeval cypress forest, home to trees hundreds of years old.

Walking in the woods you are bound to rocks, soil, even the base of trees covered with a thick, green carpet. Moss may appear fairly plain, but it has a ...

Ferns were not the first plants to come up with this feature. A group of plants known as the “Cooksonia” were able to develop these structures during the geologic period known as the Silurian Period ...

Design firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) recently won an international competition to design the home of the new Hungarian Natural History Museum. The museum will be located in the centuries-old Great ...

Thick trees and moss absorb most human-made sounds, while the forest’s remote location keeps noise away. The natural quiet here measures about 45 to 60 decibels. In this peaceful setting, you can hear ...

Our research shows lyrebirds scratch and modify the forest floor in ways that promote bigger and more diverse food sources. This makes it one of only a few non-human animals known to farm their prey.

Ball Moss (Tillandsia recurvata) is a small epiphyte commonly found clinging to limbs of live oaks and other trees in southwest Texas. Ball Moss is not a moss, but a true plant with flowers and seeds.

However, his mood improved after he uncovered the rare white flower growing on the forest floor — Gymnosiphon fonensis. The flower lacks chlorophyll and relies on a fungus to survive. While most would ...