A 500-year-old oak tree in a forest in northern Germany has been connecting lovers for more than a century. The Bridegroom's Oak, known as “Bräutigamseiche” in German, has a famous knothole ...

The latest scientific studies, conducted at well-respected universities in Germany and around the world, confirm what he has long suspected from close observation in this forest: Trees are far ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest with fewer tree species. This is the result of a study led by researchers ...

A recent study published in National Science Review challenges the traditional emphasis on trees in forest ecology, revealing ...

a forest scientist at Germany’s University of Freiburg who led the Sardinilla experiment. As with so many natural systems, diversity came with benefits. The forests with more trees generally had ...

The “Badeparadies Schwarzwald” in Titisee-Neustadt features 18 pools, 23 water slides and 12 themed saunas amidst hundreds of real palm trees. The Black Forest has earned its reputation as “Germany’s ...

Radomir Jakubowski (Germany) uses twilight to contrast the warm colours of the pine trees with the forest glade beyond. As the Sun set, it felt magical in the pine forest. ‘I love the silence of this ...

Augusto and co-workers reach their remarkable conclusion by compiling results from more than 160 forest experiments around the globe. In each experiment, tree species were planted in blocks ...

As such, promoting fast-growing trees could strengthen efforts to mitigate climate change. This raises a key question for forest managers: which tree species have the greatest mitigation potential?