The melting alpine ice of the Rocky Mountains has uncovered a striking find—a 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest preserved beneath layers of ice. Discovered on Wyoming’s Beartooth Plateau, this ...

The melting of glaciers in the Rocky Mountains led to a remarkable discovery: a 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest, including more than 30 dead trees that were entombed in ice for millennia.

Fungus and beetles threaten to topple the remarkable whitebark pine. Can tree enthusiasts help the keystone species before it’s too late? Mountaintop living isn’t easy. At very high elevations, the ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the whitebark pine will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The pine is the most widespread tree to ...

Whitebark pine nuts are an important food source for some Yellowstone grizzly bears preparing for hibernation, but warmer winters are allowing pine bark beetles to expand their range within ...

To support this, Columbia Basin Trust is providing over $3.3 million for eight projects in the Basin that will restore ...

mountain pine beetles are killing countless whitebark pine trees, a major source of food for wildlife including grizzly bears Behold the World's Smallest Monkey: The Pygmy Marmoset (02:17 ...

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