The return of wolves and other predators to Yellowstone has reduced elk browsing, allowing aspen trees to grow back for the first time in decades.

Aspen trees have seen better days, but gray wolves are helping them out. Yellowstone National Park isn't just home to geysers ...

Aspen forest is reclaiming the skyline of Yellowstone National Park after decades of controversy over efforts to return ...

Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young ...

Aspen forests help slow the spread of wildfires and could serve as fire breaks in Colorado and other southwestern states, ...

The apex predators, restored to the park in 1995, appear to be keeping the local population of plant-eating elk in check, ...

Matt Harris, a forest fire researcher at Western and lead-author of the study, says that two decades of data on fires across four states paints a clear picture that aspen trees have a natural ...

A natural experiment From May through June 2021, spongy moth caterpillars ate nearly every green leaf in our aspen forest. By early July, however, the trees grew another full set of leaves.

The restoration of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park has helped revive an aspen tree population unique to the region, a new study has found. Quaking aspen, one of the few deciduous tree ...

A single aspen clone, known as the “Pando” clone, is located in Fishlake National Forest in southern Utah and measures over 100 acres. This clone network is recognized as the “Most Massive ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Considering how quickly fires can turn forests to ash, it may come as a surprise that the U.S. Forest Service says fire is necessary for aspen trees to thrive. Of all the various ...