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Old forests are good for water quality, plant and animal and fungi life — and may even have a better shot at surviving climate change. And some scientists want to know: Can we make our young forests more like old forests?

It took five hours to rescue the couple from the Irish mountainside. One of the rescuers to the BBC it was "like an impenetrable jungle."

We were all duped by media reports this summer that NH had exceeded Maine for the highest percentage of forest cover in the US. Apparently, we're just not…

The rock band sued a hotel in Mexico that has the same name as the "lovely place" in their iconic 1976 song. That hotel was trying to trademark the phrase "Hotel California" in the U.S.

Far out in the Atlantic Ocean is a chain of volcanic islands — a province of Portugal. We escape tor a mountain trek among the dairy cows and waterfalls of Sao Miguel island in the Azores.

NPR's Melissa Block talks to journalist Roben Farzad about his new book, Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami. It was a hub for Miami's exploding cocaine trade.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that the chief of National Forest Service is stepping down. Mike Dombeck says his land management philosophy of stewardship over development is out of sync with the views of the Bush administration.

Fires continue to blaze in California. A select group of firefighters is all that stands between the intense flames in forests near Los Angeles and some 12,000 homes. Our "day in the life" series starts with firefighting, and what it takes to contain a massive forest fire.

The Lacandona jungle of southern Mexico once covered 12,000 square miles, but farming and logging have reduced the rain forest by two-thirds in the last three decades. Preservation efforts are under way. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

When there's a wildfire in California, odds are there are low-level offenders battling it. Inmates trained by pros and making $2 an hour have become a crucial element of the state's wildfire response.