Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." The boreal forest is ...

“The boreal forest is our planet’s largest land-based biome... forming a scarf around the neck of the world.” The term biome is key to understanding this book’s scope, which uses a piecemeal approach ...

A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as 'Taiga' in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics of ...

Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline in favor of temperate maple forests, the ecological history of the boreal ...

Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Credit - Charlesdp8, CC SA 4.0. Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Credit - Charlesdp8, CC SA 4.0. Warmer ...

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 ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Boreal forests are often excellent ...