(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Insects benefit from the devastation caused by storms, according to a 20-year study by the Swiss federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). This content ...

Insects benefit from the devastation caused by storms, according to a 20-year study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). Although it may sadden foresters ...

“Wildfire is natural in many temperate forests, yet human-caused climate change is intensifying the heat that drives fire, tripling burned area in California mountain forests above natural ...

After a forest is logged, that land is often re-planted with new saplings. Within a few decades, those trees will have grown pretty big, and the forest will look much like a forest once again ...

Tim's insects – stock.adobe.com The insect plague “could have a very bad effect” on California’s millions of acres of oak forest, study author Greg Dwyer, who teaches ecology and evolution ...

In Alto Mayo, a forest in Peru, there's more than meets the eye. Conservation International's recent survey of Alto Mayo, which is part of the Amazon, exceeded expectations, with findings that change ...

In highly deforested landscapes and degraded forests, large-seeded big trees are losing out to opportunistic, fast-growing species, a recent study has found. Having examined 1,207 tree species ...

The low winter Sun casts long shadows, and a few birds, braving the cold, sing to each other across the forest. Autumn's final leaves tumble to the ground – where they land not on the floor ...

“It is critical that immediate and effective steps are taken to stop the rampant illegal exploitation of forest throughout South Sudan. Failure to do so is a sure desire for desert encroachment ...

Experts argue that when people do not collect fodder, firewood, wood, and other materials, these things pile up on the forest floor and turn into fuel for fires during the dry season. Forest fires not ...