Open up one of these cigars and you will discover a caterpillar and lots of tiny dots, which are its poop (known in the ...

POKER CREEK --On this south-facing hillside bathed in spring sunshine, trees are swelling like hot dogs. "They're all a little thicker than they were last week," Jessie Young says of the birch, aspen ...

Officials told ABC7 News that the attack happened at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday on a trail above the south Anchorage neighborhood of Bear Valley. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the ...

Experts have studied the DNA of coniferous trees preserved in the sediments of lakes and swamps of Eurasia and Alaska. This made it possible to reconstruct the genetic history of these species over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the 2026 hurricane season proceeds and a strong El Niño disrupts weather patterns around the globe, the world's trees will be ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

‘I’ve tried and failed to be a cheerleader for the pure abstraction of wilderness,” Erica Watson writes in “Ghosts of Distant Trees,” her debut essay collection, “but I always find myself drawn back ...

The Fish Creek Fire in Interior Alaska isn't much to look at. It's about 7,500 acres in size, sitting about an hour south of Fairbanks near the twisty Tanana River. The main fire front — the ...