Walk into the woods and you are bound to find standing dead trees, otherwise known as snags. Here's what you may not know about them.

Possible signs of zombie trees include dying branches, increased woodpecker activity, fungi growing on the trunk, and exposed ...

Well, for starters, because bristlecones live where practically ... lessened by the relative paucity of dead bristlecone needles in a landscape where trees are few and far between.

A century of fire suppression, climate change, and drought has worsened wildfires in the Western U.S. While prescribed burns help reduce fuel, a 'fire deficit' increases wildfire risks, with ...

What is dead, living and non-living? The environment around us is full of dead, living and non-living things. Trees and animals are living things. Dry leaves on the ground are dead, but they were ...

Walk into any woods in New England (or the world) and you are bound to find standing dead trees. Depending upon where you live and how you view natural ecosystems these can be viewed either as ...