Rapid height growth may positively influence fiber length in Swedish spruce wood. A case study investigated wood samples from ...

In the forests of Finnish Lapland, beneath which some gold is known to lie underground, scientists have found something ...

As you looked out the windows of your house this winter at all the dormant and barren deciduous trees in your landscape, perhaps you thought that a little green would be a nice addition this year. But ...

Bacteria inside Norway spruce needles convert dissolved gold from mineral-rich soils into solid nanoparticles, revealing a natural microbial process that could guide eco-friendly gold exploration and ...

Spruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles — and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface.

Anywhere else in the world, more trees would be a blessing. But in the far north of Alaska, they’re a reckoning. As the Arctic warms up to four times as fast as the rest of the planet, white spruce ...

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel ...