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 ...

Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit's eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world's largest trees.

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 ...

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 ...

Generations of people settled in the area because of the abundant hunting and fishing, fertile soil and network of trails ... saplings in the “weta,” or forest, and were covered with mats ...

Soil from a later date contained a high concentration of jungle vegetation, which suggests that the land had been abandoned and taken over again by the tropical forest. In the case of ...

The trees’ massive size results from the fortunate combination of rich alluvial soil, abundant moisture, and protection from catastrophic fires due to the surrounding river channels. This accessible ...