Digging into the sandy soil of northern Scotland, archaeologists unearthed a rusty metal object unlike anything they’d seen ...

When most people imagine the Australian landscape, visions of sunburnt plains, ancient forests, and wildflowers spring to ...

A hush falls over the emerald canopy as a majestic silhouette glides between ancient oaks. This is the red deer—once the ...

The barrier islands off the coast of Georgia are littered with millions of oysters left behind by Indigenous peoples. New ...

On a spring morning, a search for a specific species of fern leads to a discussion on ancient plant history, vascular beauty ...

The project will not only replace blight with majestic trees, but could also improve air quality and preserve the trees ...

Sequoias are resilient against disease and insects but the California natives have become vulnerable to ever-hotter wildfires ...

Detroit is the pilot city for the Giant Sequoia Filter Forest. The nonprofit Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is ... have wildfires like (California). The soil stays pretty moist, even in the ...

The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning of a capital city, according to a recent study from researchers who ...

Published in the Journal of Soils and Sediments, the study presents compelling evidence that catastrophic wildfires and soil erosion—driven by natural climate shifts—may have sparked the first ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal contaminants from the soil, which are consumed by pollinators ...