The boreal forest is the largest forest in the world, wrapping right around Earth’s entire northern hemisphere like a giant green headband. It acts as the lungs of the planet, producing much of ...

In the boreal forest of Western Canada, researchers have considered that both changing climate and increased habitat alteration have enabled deer to push farther north. Climate change can create ...

A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as 'Taiga' in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics of ...

Gray and gold with white wing markings and a big pale beak, the evening grosbeak was mostly a western bird before the 1890s.

Once considered a common western garden amphibian, the large, warty boreal toad has recently experienced dramatic population declines, suffering across its U.S. range from threats like habitat ...

3. Taiga/Boreal Forest: Spans across 17 million sq km in Scandinavia, Canada, and Russia. It is the world's largest forest biome and composed mainly of pine, spruce trees 4. Valdivian Temperate ...