After decades of decline, the aspen forests of northern Yellowstone are finally making a comeback, and believe it or not, it’s all thanks to the return of certain carnivores.A new long-term study has ...

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

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

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 ...

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 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.

Yellowstone National Park is celebrating an ecological milestone along with a key anniversary this summer, Oregon State University researchers report.

For the first time in 80 years, aspen trees are thriving in Yellowstone National Park in the US, due mostly to the ...

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 ...