As part of our Scotland’s Wonderful Wildlife series, Alan Watson Featherstone reveals the many threats faced by Scotland native aspen trees – a species that created the world oldest and largest living ...

"Our study highlights that without active management and restoration efforts, aspen stands are at risk of declining further, especially at lower elevations and more southerly exposed areas ...

Young aspens often don't survive because of factors such as grazing elk, according to a study by Northern Arizona University ...

Essentially, the aspen forest has been littered with young trees that are not capable of growing up and reaching adulthood.

FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike Stoddard is looking down. His concern isn’t the brilliant fall ...