Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be ...

I look across a salt marsh in South Wellfleet, Mass., lush in midsummer, the emerald cordgrass swaying in the sea breeze. A marsh hawk cruises low, searching for voles. But at the marsh’s edge, a ...

With an eerie name and ominous presence, ghost forests can be unmistakable signs of a rapidly shifting climate. However, researchers are pointing to another cause for their formation in North Carolina ...

Dead. Pale. Devoid of limbs. No, not the stars of horror stories, but families of trees sprawled across America’s East Coast that are being swallowed by swarms of salty ocean water. Scientists call ...

Scientists at federal research institutions throughout the US are digging into so-called "ghost forests," or clusters of dead trees left behind after being poisoned by the sea. Their work spotlights ...

Getty Image Wyoming's forests are suffering as the limber pine is being negatively affected at a rapid rate. Now, Wyoming's forests are dominated by "ghost forests". Researchers explain what that ...

While many flock to Oregon for its rustic valleys, deep canyons, stunning waterfalls, and rugged mountain splendor, its largely unspoiled coast also remains a unique place. This wild stretch of ...

Pisgah National Forest, outside of Brevard, North Carolina, is one of the few spots to catch a glimpse of this annual phenomenon. Elliott Harrell is a Raleigh-based freelance writer who specializes in ...

Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the peculiar forest plant aptly named ghost pipe, scientific name Monotropa ...