The first forests we visit in this series are the lowland forests around the Salish Sea, home of Douglas firs, western hemlocks, and western red cedars - and the densest concentration of people in the Northwest. Conifer forests are a big part of what has drawn people to the area for millenia and are central to local art and culture. This episode explores just how these trees define a region and how we, in turn, define them.
In this first part of a two-episode series, we're headed to the Valley of Mexico to explore one of the world's greatest - and...
We break from our usual format this episode to bring you several short stories told by paleontologists at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual...
The dense rainforests of the Oregon Coast Range, Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and British Columbia's Vancouver Island are an ideal habitat for western red cedar....