As climate change and pests put increasing pressure on forests, the right forest management practices are emerging as key to ...

Trees can die suddenly or quite slowly. Fire, flood or wind can cause a quick death by severely damaging a tree’s ability to ...

With the recent rainfall, two types of potentially deadly mushrooms are popping up in East Bay Parks. Melissa Fowlks, a ...

Meet the Longest-Living Bug On Earth ...

Animals with numerous hearts are a fascinating phenomena in the microscopic realm of biology. Amazing adaptations found in nature allow many species to flourish in their unique enviroments. Here are 8 ...

Whilst slugs and snails become more active in the spring, they can appear in the winter if the temperatures are warm enough.

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.

Like many folks, I never paid much attention to millipedes — those wormlike, multilegged creatures that crawl about in the leaf litter and hide under logs and rocks on the forest floor.