Unlike many other trees, beech trees can survive in lower light strata caused by oaks, tulip poplars and other sun seekers.

Every time I go for a walk or take a drive, I like to observe the numerous species of trees that grow in our area. It is ...

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few people see ...

Canaday is the first person to serve as Colonial Williamsburg’s engagement manager for the African American community. But as ...

We usually think about climate requirements when shopping for a new plant, but it's crucial to also make sure a species is ...

Most plants provide the literal fuel to a fire, and they will quickly go up in flames—right next to your house. “Embers and small flames are the main way that the majority of homes ignite in wildfires ...

In 1986, Robert Chambers committed a terrible crime that became a lurid tabloid fixture and a cautionary tale of class, ...

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When we took the boy deer hunting, we thought we were doing him a favor. But as we watched him grow as a woodsman, we ...

Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

Western NC works on recovery after Hurricane Helene, from debris removal and restoration efforts at Lake Lure to the storm’s long-lasting impact on the forest canopy. And outside Lake Lure, debris ...