Hartwick Pines State Park is home to the largest remaining stand of old growth pine trees in the Lower Peninsula.

"Scientists have overlooked this species for so long," said Kyushu University entomologist Ryōta Seki in a statement.

University campuses are often places of learning and discovery, but rarely do researchers find a new species living right on ...

One of North America’s richest ecosystems, sustained and shaped by Native peoples before European contact, nearly disappeared ...

Forests worldwide may be entering a new phase marked by fewer specialized tree species and more fast-growing generalists.

Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...

Climate change, deforestation, and habitat loss are promoting increasingly uniform forests, where fast-growing tree species ...

Everyone wants attention sometimes, so maybe that’s why a ladybird of a species then undescribed by science was hanging out ...

Few sights feel as wild and lively as the rapid tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker at work on a tree trunk. For garden lovers who ...

Kyushu University student Ryōta Seki discovered a tiny black ladybug that turned out to be a new species — and he didn’t have ...