FORKS — Researcher Korena Mafune will present her latest findings on old-growth temperate rain forests in Western Washington at 7 tonight. The free Evening Talk at the ONRC will take place in the ...

That a wildfire has been able to burn so extensively and for so long in a rain forest is a testament to the severity of the drought that has wracked the American West from California to Alaska ...

The Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the crown jewel of our national forest system, is facing an unprecedented threat. At the end of last year, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced two ...

In this hot, dry summer, even the Queets rain forest in Olympic National Park is burning. It’s a rare spectacle, but one that could become more common.

For Seattleites, rain, moss, ferns—and yes, slugs—are in our DNA, so it’s a homecoming of sorts to wander this forest primeval. One of the few old-growth temperate rain forests in the U.S., the Hoh ...

The largest national forest in the U.S., the Tongass is home to nearly a third of all that remains of the planet’s rare old-growth coastal temperate rain forest.

Trees in the Box of Rain stand near Deming are "nearly old growth." (HAILEY HOFFMAN/Cascadia Daily News) Photo Gallery DEMING, Whatcom County — A 40-acre plot of “legacy forest” in Whatcom ...

A Batek Negrito woman holds her newborn child in the 130-million-year-old rain forest where he was born near Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia. This is a typical settlement for Batek Negritos who live ...

The Amazon rain forest has yet to fully awaken; ... “There are such wonders here,” says Luis Garcia, a 46-year-old nature guide native to the region. “This is why Yasuni is a paradise.” ...

The trail takes you through old farm fields and a blissfully cool forest. For an even quicker loop from the Quinault Ranger Station, take the Maple Glade Nature Trail, which is just 0.5 miles.

A movement in Brazil is reimagining agriculture to save the industry—and the rain forest. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. ... Costa, a 36-year-old biologist, bangs the ground with ...