Walk into the woods and you are bound to find standing dead trees, otherwise known as snags. Here's what you may not know about them.

Standing dead trees in Yellowstone National Park are growing wildfire hazards, especially near park infrastructure. A new study published in Forest Ecosystems explores how these dead trees ...

Dead trees won’t lead to a wildfire in Chicago ... where a recent study found that there are roughly 40% of such trees standing in the popular tourist spot. Or in California, where the southern ...

Climate change poses a particular risk to pine trees growing in dry areas, a new study conducted in an urban recreational forest in Helsinki shows.

Walk into any woods in New England (or the world) and you are bound to find standing dead trees. Depending upon where you live and how you view natural ecosystems these can be viewed either as ...