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 ...

About 43 percent of the stands contained a new cohort of small trees, marking the first documented growth of aspen canopy foliage in northern Yellowstone since the 1940s, according to the study.

Matt Harris, a forest fire researcher at Western and lead-author of the study, says that two decades of data on fires across four states paints a clear picture that aspen trees have a natural ...

Study: Bison engineer Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley, trimming aspen trees Sept. 8, 2023 Updated Fri., Sept. 8, 2023 at 5:20 p.m. Bison graze in the Lamar Valley in this 2017 photo. (NPS/Neal Herbert) X ...

For the first time in 80 years, a new generation of fully-fledged aspen trees has grown in Yellowstone’s northern range. According to a new study, the reason for the success is thanks to the wolves ...

Aspen forests help slow the spread of wildfires and could serve as fire breaks in Colorado and other southwestern states, ...

A natural experiment From May through June 2021, spongy moth caterpillars ate nearly every green leaf in our aspen forest. By early July, however, the trees grew another full set of leaves.

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. — Aspen trees are the celebrities of a Colorado fall day. Think about it. People line the roads to take pictures with them. Instagram feeds from all over the state feature ...