Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. A new study from Aarhus University shows that most native forest plants are ...

As the ocean warms across its temperate regions, kelp forests are collapsing and turf algae species are taking over. This ...

“Often, we imagine established forests as dense, closed spaces where light ... of disturbance-favoured trees and shrubs in European temperate woodlands prior to the late-Quaternary extinction ...

An "extinction crisis" is happening in Britain's temperate rainforests where some of the world's rarest mosses, lichens and ...

Hop in the car, it's time for a road trip! There's a spot in Minnesota that's a bit out of the way, but it's one of the ...

This suggests that dense forests only became widespread ... the evolutionary history or ecological preferences of most temperate forest plants," says lead author Szymon Czyżewski, a PhD student ...