Wildfires can burn and spread differently depending on what vegetation they burn. The two fires in northern Arizona have ...

Drier, hotter summers come with some “treemendous” benefits and some downsides, especially for the Kootenay trees.

Taylor juniper trees are great for filling in small, narrow spaces in yards and along walkways. These are common mistakes ...

A new study published in Global Ecology and Biogeography and led by University of Nevada, Reno researcher Robert Shriver sheds new light on what is happening in pinyon-juniper woodlands across the ...

The pinyon pines and juniper trees that fill the high desert, seen by many as an invasive scourge, are drawing interest as a source of renewable energy.

The result — juniper trees have taken over areas where they previously did not exist, disrupting habitat for other native plants and animals. Why do junipers threaten the sagebrush steppe?

A bill designed to thin out or eliminate juniper trees from potentially thousands of acres in rural parts of Central and Eastern Oregon is making its way through the state Legislature.

Juniper shrubs — prickly plants that pepper the Front Range — are something of a thorn in the side of the city of Boulder as it takes strides to make the area more wildfire resistant.

Trees with peeling, papery bark, like river birch, are generally more flammable than those without. And fine-needled evergreen shrubs and trees, like cedar, cypress, fir, juniper, pine, and spruce ...