Ever since the great towering Himalayas burst from the Earth’s crust, they unwittingly became a barrier that initiated a desertification process in China that sits on its northern foot. As the warm ...

This four-part Mongabay mini-series examines the latest technological solutions to help tree-planting projects achieve scale and long-term efficiency. Using these innovative approaches could be vital ...

SOUTH DAKOTA, S.D. (KELO) — Ash trees are under attack in Brookings and will eventually die. As we told you earlier this week, the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been discovered in a Brookings ...

AI reforestation drones could dramatically speed up forest recovery in wildfire-hit areas like California. The drones can plant seeds across steep slopes, remote burn scars, and hazardous terrain ...

A survey using drones has come up with a more accurate, albeit smaller, population estimate for the critically endangered Cao-vit gibbon in the border region between Vietnam and China. Researchers ...

Trees are essential allies in the fight against desertification, pollution and climate change — and Delhi is currently conducting a massive tree census.India's Forest Research Institute is organizing ...

A drone partially wrapped in sticky tape can gather DNA from the branches of tall trees and reveal which animals live in that habitat. Collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) – which comes from the shed ...

Ecologists are increasingly using traces of genetic material left behind by living organisms left behind in the environment, called environmental DNA (eDNA), to catalogue and monitor biodiversity.