Scotland’s ‘Great Wood’: Was the legendary forest real?June 15, 2022 – The Scots pines that are thought to have largely covered the country thousands of years ago are greatly reduced, but just how big the forest memorialized in Roman texts was is not clear.
Why forests are our best chance for survival in a warming worldApril 14, 2022 – Trees provide habitats, resources, and refuge, and they help absorb fossil fuels’ carbon emissions. They are also at profound risk, but there's still time to act.
This forgotten technology could solve the world’s palm oil problemJanuary 06, 2023 – Found in everything from chips to toothpaste, our addiction to the oil is destroying rainforests. But oily microbes may finally offer a sustainable alternative.
Easter Island’s iconic statues remain at risk after devastating fireOctober 19, 2022 – Recent blazes chewed through the heritage site, causing “irreparable” damage to hundreds of Rapa Nui’s sacred moai. Here's what you need to know.
How to become an ‘arbornaut’April 14, 2022 – Arboreal evangelist and National Geographic Explorer Meg Lowman shares tips for appreciating trees.
This visionary inspired Amazon conservation—and a new Nat Geo expeditionApril 12, 2022 – National Geographic and Rolex have announced a new plan to explore the Amazon Basin. It owes a great intellectual debt to one man: Tom Lovejoy.
This 1882 surveying error saved a patch of forest from loggingJanuary 24, 2022 – On more than 30 acres of Northern Minnesota wilderness, travelers can glimpse a rare old-growth forest.
World’s second biggest rainforest will soon reopen to large-scale loggingSeptember 29, 2021 – The lifting of the 20-year logging moratorium in part of the Congo is fueling disputes over how the forest can be kept intact.
To regrow forests, the U.S. needs billions of seeds—and many more 'seed hunters'December 02, 2021 – Skilled collectors are becoming rarer, undermining the nation’s ambitious tree planting goals.
Jane Goodall joins campaign to plant a trillion trees by 2030September 20, 2021 – Trees for Jane will support efforts underway, mostly in the developing world, to replenish the earth's trees.
New pumpkin toadlet species found—and it secretly glows in the darkApril 30, 2021 – The thumbnail-size amphibian lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, which has lost 93 percent of its forest cover.
Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollowsDecember 28, 2020 – These epic hibernators rely on old-growth forests, which are rapidly disappearing throughout Europe—but one temporary solution is helping.
Forests are reeling from climate change—but the future isn’t lostApril 14, 2022 – Heat, drought, and bug infestations are killing trees worldwide. If we change course now, we can limit the damage.
In Mexico’s vibrant forests, locals adapt to a year without touristsDecember 07, 2020 – Ecotourism and conservation efforts go hand-in-hand. What happens when the tourists disappear?
‘A forest on caffeine’? How coffee can help forests grow fasterMarch 30, 2021 – Waste left over from the coffee-making process can jolt destroyed forests back to life.
4 incredible places in urgent need of conservationSeptember 08, 2022 – From Peru to Zambia, explorers put the spotlight on wonderfully wild and treasured places under threat.