Clint Williams is a writer and editor whose broad range of topics runs from nature and travel to chemtrails and clean coal. Approximately 600 properties are scattered across 4,000 acres about 55 ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) is the most widely distributed ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Black oaks inhabit the Eastern half of the United States except Florida ...

The tundra biome is the coldest and one of the largest ecosystems on Earth. It covers about one-fifth of the land on the planet, primarily in the Arctic circle but also in Antarctica as well as a ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Willows (Salix ssp) can be identified by their long, narrow leaves ...

Regina Bailey is a science writer, educator, and board-certified registered nurse. Her work has been featured in "Kaplan AP Biology" and "The Internet for Cellular and Molecular Biologists.

Melissa Breyer is Treehugger’s former senior editorial director. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, and ...

We humans may need our eight hours of sleep a night to keep our brains functioning, but that's not the only duration, or reason, why animals sleep. Bats sleep for 20 hours out of the day while ...

Animal extinction affects entire ecosystems and, in turn, the world. Let's face it, few of us have crossed paths with a real, live endangered species today—one that is teetering on a tightrope ...