By Abhishyant Kidangoor Can listening to forests help us understand if the life inside them is thriving? Apparently, yes.

The Biden administration is dropping its efforts to issue a policy to protect old-growth forests — though the president previously touted protecting such forests as an important component of his ...

More than 200 forest ecologists and top climate scientists, including Jim Hansen and Michael Mann, have written the Biden administration urging it to quickly move forward on the president’s commitment ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – Environmental groups across the country, including Los Padres ForestWatch along California’s central coast ...

Rainforest protection is not only good for biodiversity and the climate -- it also noticeably improves the health of humans who live in the corresponding regions. Researchers show that measures to ...

Kelp forests support a kaleidoscope of biodiversity and perform crucial ecosystem functions, yet they are in trouble globally. A recent journal commentary shows that just 15.9% of kelp forests are in ...

The multibillion-dollar fund would essentially pay countries to keep forests standing, hoping for success where earlier forest-protection ideas have struggled. By Somini Sengupta and Claire Brown To ...

The state is coordinating with US and Canadian partners to remind the public how their actions can add to seasonal risk factors The New Hampshire Forest Protection Bureau says this week is “Wildfire ...