Age might well be just a number, but for a plant in Utah known affectionately as Pando, it could be a digit that leaves all other living things in the dust. Sequencing hundreds of samples of material ...

I was up in the White Mountains this weekend, walking out to my car in the AMC’s Highland Center parking lot after a hike, and there between the buildings and the cars was a gorgeous aspen tree ...

Starting in 2020, a team of scientists from University of California, Berkeley went on a scavenger hunt that lasted for years. Their mission: Bring back live aspen roots from across the country. With ...

Scientists have captured audio from the largest living thing on the planet, and it's absolutely haunting. The audio was captured using a hydrophone, which was placed under "Pando," a lone male quaking ...

It is the season of envy in Colorado. The all-too-brief time of year when we admire our forests in their finest states — awash in gold. It is, of course, aspen putting on the dazzling displays. This ...

The leaves of disease-resistant Prairie Gold quaking aspen turn a beautiful golden-yellow in autumn. Once upon a time I lived in the mountains of central New Mexico. A favorite autumn adventure was ...

After decades of decline, the aspen forests of northern Yellowstone are finally making a comeback, and believe it or not, it’s all thanks to the return of certain carnivores. A new long-term study has ...

The sound of quaking aspen leaves rustling in the wind. The way the sunlight falls through conifer branches. The sound of the river over smooth stones. These are just some of the things one might ...