For decades, forest ecologist Neil Pederson walked past a stand of trees near his family's Old Forge cabin without a second thought. It was not until last year that Pederson, a researcher who works ...

Old-growth trees are much more than just an imposing sight to encounter in the forest, though many of them most certainly fit that bill, rising high into the sky and boasting massive trunks that would ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, ...

Ecologist Neil Pederson in an old-growth northern hardwood forest in the southwestern Adirondacks near Moshier Reservoir. Old-growth forest often have a lot of deadwood on the ground. For decades, ...