Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Red spruce, Picea rubens, is a common forest tree of the Acadian forest ...

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger antifungal protections. These stolen defenses help shield the beetles from ...

From the State Capitol to the cathedral to the mansions of Summit Avenue, St. Paul is full of beloved buildings. Then there’s the forest green, tree-shaped, tile-clad building at the corner of ...

We were pushing through head-high willows along a brushy caribou trail, five days into our week-long trek across Alaska's Noatak valley, when my hiking partner, Brad Meiklejohn, startled me with a ...

Anywhere else in the world, more trees would be a blessing. But in the far north of Alaska, they’re a reckoning. As the Arctic warms up to four times as fast as the rest of the planet, white spruce ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Parishioners of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi took to social media Dec. 15 to mourn the ...