Matt Harris, a forest fire researcher at Western and lead-author of the study, says that two decades of data on fires across ...

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

The restoration of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park has helped revive an aspen tree population unique to the region, ...

For the first time in 80 years, a new generation of fully-fledged aspen trees has grown in Yellowstone’s northern range.

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

A new study from Colorado State University, Western Colorado University and the U.S. Forest Service found evidence that ...

A new study finds that aspen trees slow wildfire spread and may help protect vulnerable communities in fire-prone areas.

DENVER — 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 ...

Aspen trees don’t have the same amount of salicylates as, for example, white willow, but the chemical is still present. Though used for hundreds of years, ...

Aspen clones are some of the largest organisms on the planet. A single aspen clone, known as the “Pando” clone, is located in Fishlake National Forest in southern Utah and measures over 100 acres.