When a wildfire is tearing through a conifer forest, the assumption is usually that trees are simply fuel, more vegetation ...

Individual aspen trees can burn easily, though, because their bark is thin.

Aspen trees can slow wildfires, giving communities more time and helping reduce fire spread even during extreme fire seasons.

Researchers at McGill University have confirmed that aspen play a key role in forest fire prevention and mitigation across ...

Yellowstone has opened the eyes of experts to another ecological phenomenon, which has been linked to the return of wolves in the area. It has been explained in detail within the journal Forest ...

Warming temperatures continuously impact mankind, wildlife, major corporations and propositions at all levels of government, but for Flagstaff forests, climate change is a catalyst for countless ...

On the shoulder of Kebler Pass, about seven miles west of Crested Butte, a giant lounges in the Colorado high country. The Kebler Pass aspen stand covers the equivalent of just over 100 football ...

It’s not just the lodgepole pines that are dying in the Colorado mountains. Thirteen percent of aspen trees in the state are now affected by Sudden Aspen Decline, which is caused by disease and ...

When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...

The contrast of the smooth, pale gray bark and bright orange leaves of aspen trees in the fall is a sight to behold in Arizona's higher elevations. But this beautiful display is under threat from an ...