Aspen forest is reclaiming the skyline of Yellowstone National Park after decades of controversy over efforts to return ...

Aspen trees are getting a boost from wolves at Yellowstone National Park, new research suggests. For the first time in 80 years, baby aspens are growing tall and healthy in the northern part of the ...

It was the end of April, and we skinned up through an especially majestic stand of bright white-barked giant aspens. As we moved along I noticed that where the snow had receded near the aspen trunks, ...

Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young ...

Closer to home, aspen trees have a layer of green bark underlying the external whitish bark. Even in winter, when the leaves have dropped, the bark can use the available daylight to make sugars ...

The bark of the aspen tree, it turns out, works pretty well as a canvas. Shepherds in the West made carvings in aspen trees, and they’re still to be found in Colorado, California and other states.

The quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) is one of Colorado’s most iconic trees and maybe its most dramatic. With smooth white ...

For example, the bark of young quaking aspen may be grayish-white but as the tree ages, the bark, especially around the base, becomes darker and furrowed and even a bit “warty.” ...

Forest bathing dates back to ancient Japanese Shinto and Buddhist beliefs that spirits inhabit natural elements, which can ...

“Because of the thin skin,” Rogers says. Aspen bark is not like the bark of a pine tree or Douglas fir or any other conifer. These white trunks don’t have that protective, rough shield.

Aspen trees provide a rich habitat for birds, elk, deer and other animals. The grasses that sprout under them -- up to 2,000 pounds per acre -- hold water that is needed by metropolitan areas.

ASPEN – The U.S. Forest Service says fire crews will be removing dead and dying trees that have been infested by bark beetles near Aspen. Firefighters are set to begin cutting down the trees Monday ...