Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

Plants that drop all their leaves at one time and enter a leafless, dormant state are called deciduous. In climates that ...

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - The magnolia is the state tree of Mississippi, but many South Mississippi residents would argue that another species deserves consideration. Live oaks are a favorite tree along the ...

Forests have important roles in the global water and biogeochemical cycles. Climate change has led to worldwide changes in forest distributions, especially in the mid-latitude regions. As one of the ...

One of my favorite excursions of the year is my AP Environmental Science class field trip up Blue Job Mountain in Farmington, N.H. The purpose of this field trip is to collect data about a variety of ...