Dr. Lindsay Branham, an environmental psychologist, scholar, author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and Aspen Times columnist, originally didn't know that when you talk to trees, they could talk back.

This is by far the best “bad snow year” I’ve ever seen in my life. If we’ve learned anything since Thanksgiving, the lesson would be one of perseverance and adaptation: We can still get ...

While there are plenty of benefits to planting trees near your house, there are a few species that can break into your ...

Learn more about why the story of how wolves saved Yellowstone National Park’s aspens is more complicated — and more instructional — than it appears.

DENVER — Something is killing the quaking aspen trees of the Rocky Mountain West. The slender, white-barked trees that paint the hills gold every autumn are dying, some scientists say, leaving bald ...

In these crazy times, showing public kindness to fellow citizens lightens up my mood and brightens up my day. Just ...

Some states have labeled the species as endangered.

The mammal, seemingly in a chirpy mood, kept jumping from one branch of the tree to another.

The National Weather Service is anticipating an early start to the wildfire season after a lackluster winter snowpack.

UPDATE: THURSDAY 3/19/2026 6:15 p.m. (CUSTER COUNTY, Colo.) — The Buttermilk Fire burning in Custer County is now 95% ...

An evacuation has been issued for residents near a wildfire burning in Custer County, which currently sits at 65 acres as of ...

Long ago, Hispanic sheepherders carved names, dates and drawings into Valles Caldera’s aspens. Can a small team of surveyors record the etchings before they disappear?