Of Arizona’s three national parks, Petrified Forest is the least visited. That’s a shame, since it is absolutely stunning. Though named after the fields of petrified wood, that’s only one reason to ...

Prescribed burning, when combined with tree retention, can effectively support natural regeneration in managed boreal forests, new research shows. The study demonstrates that post-fire seedling ...

Researchers found the Colobus congoensis monkey, known locally as Likweli, in the forests of Lomami National Park in the ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Susan Cook-Patton was doing a postdoc in forest restoration at the Smithsonian Environmental ...

A scenic audio tour by car is one of the best ways to explore Petrified Forest National Park, the only national park in the U.S. that contains a section of Historic Route 66. Take in jaw-dropping ...

One of the largest concentrations of petrified wood in the world is found at Petrified Forest National Park in eastern Arizona, about 110 miles east of Flagstaff and 210 miles west of Albuquerque, New ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. All forests are important, but some ...

Shawnee National Forest’s Garden of the Gods in southern Illinois features dramatic sandstone formations that rival its famous Colorado namesake. Visitors can hike scenic trails like the Observation ...