I am a quintessential solo traveller and my peregrinations on mountains have helped me in understanding the mountain economy and role of nature of in it. Being from mountains, I develop a longing for ...

In the harsh winter of 1535, 25 members of Jacques Cartier’s crew of French explorers had been lost to scurvy; the remaining men were severely debilitated when members of the Indigenous community ...

The Alexander Archipelago, a 300-mile-long sweep of islands off the southeastern coast of Alaska, is known for its isolation, its heavy rain, and its thick, ancient forests of hemlock, pine, spruce, ...

Zoom in: Using satellite imagery, the team found more than 725,000 acres of forest that had been scorched during the heat ...

LAKE QUINAULT, Wash. -- In any comparison of Oregon and Washington state, it's clear that Washington has the biggest city, the most active volcano, more professional sports teams, the world's richest ...

Analysis: as a species shaped by the last ice age, the Sitka spruce may provide key information about how trees respond to climate change Teagasc researchers are using genomic and phenotypic data to ...

It breaks my heart to see Oregon's champion Sitka spruce give up the ghost. It was inevitable, I suppose. After all, everything dies. I just wish it had died after me. The massive, 750-year-old tree ...