In Big Thicket National Preserve’s converging ecosystems, NPCA is helping to restore the red-cockaded woodpecker and the longleaf pine forests they call home. Big Thicket National Preserve in ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Longleaf pine trees, a species native to the landscape in southeastern Virginia, are being restored in a nature preserve. As of now, the only pine trees that remain ...

The non-venomous snakes are a "lynchpin species in the longleaf pine ecosystem," which Florida experts are working to restore Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The trees and their needles, dangling in bunches like bright green cheerleader pompoms, are more than just picturesque reminders of the past. They are vital to an entire ecosystem.

Orton Plantation is conducting a permitted prescribed burn across 559 acres today as part of its ongoing forest management plan to improve ecosystem health and restore longleaf pine habitat.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PANAMA CITY — There's one tree that dominates much of northwest Florida that most are likely unaware of: the longleaf pine tree.

Biologists released 42 Eastern indigo snakes into their increasingly uncommon environment, the longleaf pine ecosystem in the Florida Panhandle. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

The benefits of prescribed fire in the Southern “pineywoods” are many and varied—and because of the passion of folks who love and believe in these legal and carefully-planned controlled fires and ...