“We can pretty confidently say we can count basically every dead tree,” said Xi Yang, a University of Virginia professor and one of a team of researchers whose recent work has helped shed new light on ...

Just in time for Halloween, federal scientists this week announced new research into so-called "ghost forests," spooky tracts of dead trees common along the Eastern Seaboard. According to the National ...

In the late afternoon of March 27, 1964, the coast of south-central Alaska was rocked by the most powerful seismic event in US history and the second-largest earthquake ever recor ...

I look across a salt marsh in South Wellfleet, Mass., lush in midsummer, the emerald cordgrass swaying in the sea breeze. A marsh hawk cruises low, searching for voles. But at the marsh’s edge, a ...

With an eerie name and ominous presence, ghost forests can be unmistakable signs of a rapidly shifting climate. However, researchers are pointing to another cause for their formation in North Carolina ...

Scientists at federal research institutions throughout the US are digging into so-called "ghost forests," or clusters of dead trees left behind after being poisoned by the sea. Their work spotlights ...

The month of October inspires many frightening tales of creatures in the dark – of vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters – that entertain more than terrify, perhaps because they are merely fictional ...

Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be restored? A snorkeler explores the fish-filled depths of Tobacco Patch ...