Even as even as oak trees photosynthesize late into the year, their growth stops by mid-summer. (Courthouse News via Unsplash) (CN) — Forests may not capture as much planet-warming carbon as ...

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says she doesn't enjoy killing the snakes, she just knows it's a necessity.

Democrats asked Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz to explain the agency’s heavy use of glyphosate, alleged to have links to cancer. A pair of Democratic lawmakers is pressing the Forest Service to ...

RONALD, Wash. — The sound of wildfire prevention isn't a fire engine siren. It's chainsaws, wood chippers and heavy machinery chewing through brush. Across Kittitas County, crews are removing smaller ...

Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can. By Alexander Nazaryan Researchers in Switzerland ...

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Upland and drained peatland forests respond differently to thinning: while one recovers its carbon-sink function within a year, the other, already a carbon source before harvest, sees its emissions ...

Across the world, cities are confronting a common challenge. As populations grow and development intensifies, urban areas are becoming hotter, noisier and increasingly disconnected from nature.