The Woods According to the US National Vegetation Classification System, areas that have between 25 and 60% tree canopy cover, they qualify as woodlands or “the woods” or “a wood.” Woods are ...

Lightning's quiet impact could have lasting effects on the world’s forests - and the carbon cycle they support.

Temperate forests receive an average of 30 to 59 inches of rain per year. Soils are generally fertile, with a thick layer of organic matter from which plants can extract nutrients to grow.

This National Forest is the largest in the United States and the largest remaining temperate rainforest in the world, nearly 500 miles long with 11,000 miles of coastline.

Old-growth tropical forests, where trees average more than 140 years old, are nearly carbon neutral, whereas temperate and boreal forests, where trees are young (less than 50 years) or middle-aged ...

The Largest Temperate Rain Forest in the World Is in the U.S.—and It Has Stunning Glaciers and Fjords. Staff Author, Sharael Kolberg. June 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM. Copied; Leamus/Getty Images.

A new study found trees in temperate forests aren’t as effective at absorbing carbon as some climate models assume.

Alaska's Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the U.S. and the largest temperate forest in the world. Here's what you need to know before you go.

For decades, we believed that outside ice ages Europe was mostly covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans. Now, a new study shows that there was far more open and semi-open ...