The trees revealed by the melting Rocky Mountain ice patch look "like trees that you would see up in a windswept area," McWethy said — missing their bark but otherwise pristine. Until now ...

There is a huge beetle problem in the Rocky Mountains. The official declaration of what the mountain pine beetles are doing is a "catastrophic" killing off of trees. While foresters and others try ...

These trees aren’t the first such finding researchers have unearthed from Rocky mountain ice patches. Previous work found “fragments of wooden shafts used for arrows and darts”, says Whitlock.

Scientists have uncovered ancient whitebark pine trees preserved for almost 6,000 years in Wyoming's Rocky Mountains. This discovery offers crucial insights into historical climate patterns and ...