In the Dolomite mountains of Italy, something unusual happened in a spruce forest. It waited. Not passively, like a crowd hushed before a performance, but with the poised expectancy of something ...

An international study has revealed spruce trees not only respond to a ... bioelectrical signals hours in advance into a cohesive, forest-wide phenomenon. The discovery, published in the journal ...

The name speaks for itself — Sitka Spruce Park on Amaknak Island has dozens of spruce trees, creating a rare forest-like sanctuary. Regional lands are known for their tundra valleys filled with ...

Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future ones, while pines acclimatized to wet periods were more vulnerable.

How spruce budworms are coming for Maine’s greatest weapon against climate change, and what is being done. Plus: ways to get ...

in 2021. The spruce budworm is a forest caterpillar that feeds on tree leaves until they are able to transform into a moth. Those moths lay around 10 egg masses, which can hold more than one ...

A government-funded campaign has begun spraying insecticides and biological agents on 240,000 acres of Maine's North Woods infested with spruce budworm, a voracious forest pest that killed millions of ...

A ground breaking international study has revealed spruce trees not only respond to a solar eclipse but actively anticipate it by synchronising their bioelectrical signals hours in advance into a ...