This forest community, sometimes called the mountain boreal forest, is comprised largely of conifer tree species. This forest is found at elevations above 2800-3000 feet on steep mountain ...

Ecologists from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified multiple exogenous factors that can affect the onset of wood formation and quantified the key ...

The boreal forest is the largest forest in the world, wrapping right around Earth’s entire northern hemisphere like a giant green headband. It acts as the lungs of the planet, producing much of ...

Alberta covers a massive area with diversity that may surprise anyone unfamiliar with the province’s unique geography.

Long persecuted alongside other large carnivores, the wolverine ( Gulo gulo) probably began its recovery in Norway and Sweden half a century ago, after both countries moved to protect the animal. That ...