Children can be hard to impress these days. It’s sometimes difficult to find a common interest that parents and kids can share–and one that will keep kids engaged. But learning about their family’s ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Canopy trees form the tallest layers in a forest or woodland, and are usually at least 30 feet tall, hanging over understory trees, shrubs, ...

Trees provide many benefits to the environment and our health and well-being. These long-lived members of our landscapes and communities provide shade, help reduce energy costs, clean the air we ...

John Parker, SERC senior scientist and co-lead scientist of the Functional Forests Project, plants a sapling in the new restoration experiment. To grow a successful forest, planting trees is not ...