We spent three days in Germany's Black Forest, which is said to have inspired famous fairy-tales. It has some of the best hiking trails and castle ruins in Germany, and I loved its eponymous cake.

German nature specialist Markus Port loves his job protecting the lynx. "It's a great feeling when you open the door and release the animal into the vastness of the Thuringian Forest," he says of the ...

Forests provide biodiversity, ecosystem functions, income and much more. How can these diverse and seemingly diverging demands be met? An international research team addressed this question by ...

From Ireland's Dark Hedges to the French forest that inspired the Arthurian legends, these forests have inspired countless ...

According to the UFZ forest condition monitor, 52 percent of the forest on the whole and particularly 76 percent of the conifers in the Harz region were severely damaged by 2022. In contrast, in 2017 ...

Germany's dense green spruce forests are being decimated by parasites and climate change. It's unclear if planting different kinds of trees would... QUEDLINBURG, Germany – Andre Salamon wends his way ...

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that dung beetles suffer in canopy openings that have been deliberately ...

Germany's dense green spruce forests are being decimated by parasites and climate change. It's unclear if planting different kinds of trees would... Climate change threatens Germany's fairy tale ...

Beech trees in research areas of the DFG Research Training Group 2300 “Enrico”. Beeches usually occur naturally alone without other trees. In this study, the Research Training Group investigated the ...