Water flows between a dead-looking stump and nearby trees on an alternating schedule.

Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir are less able to regenerate in the face of climate change, and some areas have already “crossed a critical climate threshold.”

Trees are resilient, but researchers wonder if climate change will outpace their adaptations.

Forests are resilient, but researchers wonder if climate change will outpace their adaptations.

Numerous studies link habitat destruction to malaria and other vector-borne diseases, but the relationship isn’t always clear.

Scientists suspect the rapidly spreading beech leaf disease is due to an unidentified microbe.

A higher species richness could boost plant communities’ ability to mitigate climate change, a study suggests.

The study authors attribute the decreases to climate change.

Researchers plan to relocate mainland wolves to an island in Lake Superior in an effort to boost the near-extinct predator population and limit the growth of local moose herds.