They birthed the Great Lakes and the innumerable smaller lakes, ponds and bogs that cover the boreal forest of North America. In geologic deep time, the land up there is new, the soil is young ...

Get to Know North America's Temperate Rainforests The Pacific Northwest is home to the only temperate rainforest on the continent.

New research found that a remote region of North America's largest temperate rainforest is experiencing changes to its ecosystem due to climate change.

The film "Life In The Deciduous Forest" explores the diverse ecosystem of the deciduous forests in the eastern United States, highlighting the seasonal changes that affect plant and animal life ...

According to John Lennon Campbell, a forest ecologist at Oregon State University, the “intensive forest management” practices that logged landscapes see echo what’s seen in other factory ...

Opening up the Tongass National Forest to additional logging and development could have serious implications for both the environment and the Alaska Native communities that depend on it.

"While tropical rainforests are the lungs of the planet, the Tongass is the lungs of North America," one scientist said.

The U.S. Forest Service rule restricts development on more than nine million acres in North America’s largest temperate rainforest, reversing a Trump decision.

Of the many good reasons to visit Blue Job Mountain, one of the most compelling for me is that it is where two different biomes - the boreal forest and the temperate deciduous forest - meet.