Sweet-faced and inquisitive, northern Minnesota’s pine martens (also known as American martens) rank among the state’s more ...

The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

Eastern white pine is a very handsome tree widely used for landscaping, windbreaks and visual barriers. It can be hard to ...

The eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginicum) is an evergreen conifer common to our region. It does well in sandy, gravely, ...

A battle of beetles has won this contest celebrating close-up, macro, and micro photography revealing amazing hidden wonders ...

One of the most important, yet challenging, skills to nail down as a wilderness survivalist is tree identification. Beyond ...

Jan Donley thought of a snag as something negative, an annoyance or hiccup. Then she learned more about the snags in forests ...

Awards have been announced, and the results are breathtaking! This year’s competition saw over 11,000 entries from 61 countries, showcasing the incredible talent of photographers capturing the hidden ...

There are six “crossbill” species and only two breed in the Adirondacks, the red crossbill being one. Find them with these tips.

House Finch ・Purple Finch ・Cassin's Finch ・Red Crossbill ・Pine Grosbeak ・Northern Cardinal ... They have different size of bills and tend to feed on the cone seeds of different species of conifers.

Planting fruit trees can bring a bountiful harvest to your yard. You can pick your own apples, peaches, pears, oranges, figs, and more. Not only can you enjoy delicious fruit picked at the peak of ...

It's a system shift. And forests are vulnerable the same way as every ecosystem is." Tree species themselves are also increasingly at risk. According to the 2024 update of the International Union ...