DENVER (KDVR) — Considering how quickly fires can turn forests to ash, it may come as a surprise that the U.S. Forest Service says fire is necessary for aspen trees to thrive. Of all the various ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After decades of decline, the aspen forests of northern Yellowstone are finally making a comeback, and believe it or not, it's all ...

Aspen trees could provide a natural buffer against wildfires, as new research shows that areas of forest where these trees dominate burn less intensely than those made of conifers. The findings ...

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 ...

New research from Western Colorado University shows that the long-held conventional belief about aspen trees being resilient to wildfires is more than just an anecdotal assumption. Matt Harris, a ...

According to The Washington Post, the only apex predators that roamed Yellowstone National Park for most of the 20th century were bears and cougars after wolves were eliminated from the area. The ...

This week, a team of researchers from Sweden, Belgium, England, Italy, Norway and South Korea publish the genomes of two species of aspen trees, a project that has taken close to ten years to complete ...

Our story starts 100 years ago, in 1926, when the last wolf in Yellowstone National Park was shot and killed. For nearly 70 years, there were no wolves in the park. And the landscape drastically ...

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 ...