The poles are warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, and fires in the northern boreal forest are increasing in both frequency and severity.

As the festive season approaches, evergreen conifers like spruce and pine adorn homes worldwide. But while Christmas trees bring warmth and joy into our lives, they endure some of the harshest ...

The boreal forest attracts 325 bird species to its lands ... The spruce resin helps to preserve this larder, and over winter, the jay feeds itself and its chicks from this natural refrigerator.

It’s winter and the seasons tend to be similar ... This is known as a cool temperate climate. The forest is dense and made up of spruce and pine trees, that grow closely together to try and ...

They are primarily a northern species that inhabits boreal forests and can also range as ... furry feet that help them to move atop snow in the winter. They also have a snow-white winter coat ...