Grizzly bear Tim enjoys his tree enrichment at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. More than 900 Balsam fir trees used during Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Holiday Magic event are repurposed every year as mulch, ...

Fire fears grow as insect that feasts on the conifers has exploded in the northeastern part of the state at a level not seen ...

BRIMSON — Bob and Colleen Christianson cut the fire risk to their property this summer when they cut and mulched dead and dying balsam fir trees left in the wake of a spruce budworm outbreak.

Few people have seen the spruce grouse, with its have striking plumage: red combs like giant fake eyelashes on top of the ...

The elusive yet bold spruce grouse is a little-known N.H. inhabitant that relies on forests that are specifically adapted to ...

The pilots drilled through ice and filled the holes with balsam fir treetops provided by local ... It creates what’s called ‘flat light.’” The trees offer “better depth perception ...

BY MOLLEE FRANCISCO [email protected] Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, mistletoe hung where every couple tries to stop, the holly and the ivy – these are just a few of the plants that ...

While the big animals with their paddle-like antlers once roamed across Michigan, by the early 1900s, their numbers had grown ...