In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, more ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, ...

Of the many acres of woodland that extend across Holden Arboretum, scientist David Burke believes the 250 acres or so of old-growth forests provide unique value for research and the environment.

Five “pockets” of old growth trees were found on the 1,513 acres purchased by the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina, some dating back 400 years. Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina photo A ...

A UC Davis field crew conducts forest inventory in the Emerald Point old-growth stand at Lake Tahoe. Ancient ponderosa pines that once grew in a open-canopied forest now confront waves of ...

Noah Greenwald’s Jan. 11 opinion piece demanding the governor set aside 9,500 acres of Oregon’s older forests in the name of wildlife habitat is a frustrating example of outdated, and frankly ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Reed Frederick Noss, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) In an old-growth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the longleaf pine savannas of the southeastern U.S., most of the biodiversity is found in the ground cover and depends on ...