Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree species reveals that forests are becoming more uniform, increasingly ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. --Purdue University and the U.S. Forest Service teamed up to develop the Alien Forest Pest Explorer, an interactive web tool that combines information from multiple sources to ...

Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles, and supply resources that humans rely on—from ...

Forests worldwide may be entering a new phase marked by fewer specialized tree species and more fast-growing generalists.

Climate change, deforestation, and habitat loss are promoting increasingly uniform forests, where fast-growing tree species ...

A growing dominance of fast-growing tree species is reshaping forests worldwide, potentially weakening ecosystem stability, biodiversity and long-term carbon storage, according to a major new global ...