Red wood ants are typically found in Eurasia’s temperate and boreal forests. But in recent decades, more nests have been disappearing as the forests have fallen victim to logging, urbanization ...

Boreal ecology is the study of ecosystems in the subarctic (boreal) zone of the Northern hemisphere. These areas are dominated by coniferous forest, generally have permafrost soils, and occur ...

Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the ...

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 Ogun Amotekun Corps Commander, Brig-Gen. Alade Adedigba (retd.), disclosed that his men, numbering over 1,000, had been given the marching orders to move against bandits occupying forests in ...

The Arctic-boreal zone, historically a carbon sink, is now a carbon source, with 34% of the region emitting more CO 2 than it absorbs, increasing to 40% when fire emissions are included.

“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 ...

It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute of Forest Research, leads me further into this small patch of woodland here in ...

Nottingham Forest survived a late scare to move level on points with Arsenal in second with a 3-2 win at the City Ground against Premier League strugglers Southampton. Only goal difference ...

Researchers are revealing the secrets of 6,000-year-old pine forests, preserved in ice patches in the Beartooth Mountains. These ice forests are giving up ancient secrets about the past — and future — ...

Even the multimillion-dollar makeover intended to transform Orchard Road into a lush green corridor that connects Singapore’s historical green spaces passes over this secondary forest ...

Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. The scientists captured ...