Seán Duke is the Science and Health Editor for Newsweek, based in Dublin, Ireland. He has 25 years of experience as a science journalist, and editor with The Irish Times, the Irish Independent ...

With climate change, wildfires, and human encroachment, our forests are in desperate need of guardians. What is being done to protect our woodlands?

The fossilized remains of Whitebark pine trees found beneath a melting ice patch in the Yellowstone region were once part of an ancient forest that thrived for centuries before disappearing ...

A 5900-year-old whitebark pine forest has been discovered due to the melting of alpine ice in the Rocky mountains. Scientists found more than 30 trees approximately 3100 metres above sea level ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the whitebark pine will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species ... endangered species director at the Center for Biological ...

“These beautiful birds are making an incredible comeback ... but a lot more still needs to be done to protect the long-leaf pine forests these woodpeckers and hundreds of other species call home.” ...