The remains of an ancient forest have been discovered in a popular hiking area of the Rocky Mountains. Surrounded by backcountry hiking trails, the Beartooth plateau is a frozen tundra that sits at ...

Though climate change has caused ice to melt high in the Rocky Mountains, researchers discovered an ancient forest lingering in the frost with, interestingly enough, invaluable insights to share about ...

In a picturesque corner of England, along dramatic sandstone cliffs, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Cardiff have uncovered a wondrous discovery: 390-million-year-old fossilized ...

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Australia's forest ecosystems, renowned for their extraordinary diversity of rare plants and animals, also play a vital role ...

Supporters of the Humbug Marsh Unit in Gibraltar celebrated the induction of the area into the Old-Growth Forest Network. Credit: Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Detroit River ...

Imagine widespread, humid forests with old, venerable trees, an undergrowth of moisture-loving plants and massive dinosaurs prowling about, along with various other species. It doesn’t seem like it ...

A recent Ph.D. graduate's excavation of an ancient forest near Strahan in western Tasmania exceeded expectations with the discovery of new plant species. Fossils were discovered during a 2020 ...

High in the Peruvian Andes, where clouds cling to steep slopes and moss drapes every branch, archaeologists have mapped more ...

An Alabama legislator is championing an unconventional cause — the push to grant federal protection as a National Marine Sanctuary to an ancient forest thriving beneath the waves in the Gulf of Mexico ...