Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health. But it’s hard to... Why scientists are planting tiny forests in big cities ...

On a chilly Saturday morning in early April, a few hundred people gathered in a park on Roosevelt Island, a skinny strip of land in New York City's East River, to dig around in the dirt. The occasion ...

Vast expanses of grass fields that make up most city parks and residential lawns don’t offer much in terms of mitigating climate change. They don’t soak up a lot of carbon, and they don’t provide ...

SUMMIT, N.J. — A growing movement is bringing the benefits of forests into surprisingly small spaces across the country, with communities creating entire ecosystems in areas no bigger than a suburban ...

Illinois has some 4.8 million acres of forest land. Just minutes southwest of Peoria, you’ll find Sand Ridge, a sweeping expanse of oak-hickory forest and pines. Out towards Rockford, there’s Lowden ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Hundreds of native tree seedlings and shrubs were planted at Fonticello Park on Saturday, marking the first-ever tiny forest in Richmond. On Saturday, March 15, the Chesapeake ...

Worcester’s other Miyawaki forest at the Plumley Village Apartments was also planted last spring. The city wanted seven Miyawaki forests, but it settled for two, because it wasn't awarded the $1.6 ...