DNA evidence could put criminals behind bars, but only if there's something to compare it to. That's why a project that aims to combat illegal logging is now building a DNA database of trees, which ...

The agency maintains a database that includes various characteristics of some 19 million trees over some 350,000-plus plots of land The U.S. Forest Inventory and Analysis program is essentially the ...

Pensacola will soon know the location, size and health status of every tree on city property. Over the next seven weeks, crews from the consulting firm Geosyntec will be in city parks and along city ...

Leetsdale officials understand it takes more than having the streets paved, garbage picked up and grass cut to take care of a borough environment. Some of the tallest things in town also need to be ...

Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. If you’ve ever encountered a bent tree while hiking in North American ...

Issaquah, Wash. – McObject has just released the beta Version 4.0 of its eXtremeDB embedded database with major upgrades including a fast, new native application programming interface (API) that ...

Forests are disappearing. Maps show shrinking woodlands all over the world. Even trees coveted for their wood that are protected from logging are chopped down. Worried about such deforestation, ...