Just in time for Halloween, federal scientists this week announced new research into so-called "ghost forests," spooky tracts of dead trees common along the Eastern Seaboard. According to the National ...

As sea levels rise, saltwater is inching into wetlands and forests, killing trees and creating eerie ghost forests on coastlines worldwide. With land and water constantly shifting, forests die and are ...

A $75 million proposal contains measures to build infrastructure to facilitate recreation and tourism.

I look across a salt marsh in South Wellfleet, Mass., lush in midsummer, the emerald cordgrass swaying in the sea breeze. A marsh hawk cruises low, searching for voles. But at the marsh’s edge, a ...

NEW LISBON, N.J. (CBS) - Deep in the heart of Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in Burlington County, New Jersey, where lush trees tower above streams gushing with water, is an area that symbolizes death.

Dead. Pale. Devoid of limbs. No, not the stars of horror stories, but families of trees sprawled across America’s East Coast that are being swallowed by swarms of salty ocean water. Scientists call ...

A ghost forest stands out against the water, featuring dead trees with no leaves or branches. North Carolina graduate students can now apply for a new $10,000 fund to research ghost forests. Ghost ...

Ghost forests are an increasingly common sight along the eastern coast of the U.S., where once-healthy trees have been replaced by bare trunks. Now, scientists believe these arboreal cemeteries could ...