WILMINGTON, N.C. and MILFORD’S NECK — It's a haunting graveyard of a different kind. What's happening there isn't supernatural, though. Rather, it's driven by humans. It is a “ghost forest.” “Most of ...

“We can pretty confidently say we can count basically every dead tree,” said Xi Yang, a University of Virginia professor and one of a team of researchers whose recent work has helped shed new light on ...

The month of October inspires many frightening tales of creatures in the dark – of vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters – that entertain more than terrify, perhaps because they are merely fictional ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Saltwater overtaking coastal forests kills trees, like these loblolly pines in the Chesapeake Bay ...

While the idea of ghost trees may sound like a Halloween tale, the causes behind their ghoulish-looking, but real, appearances are even scarier. So, what are ghost trees, exactly? Well, they are the ...

They are the tall, grayish-white, often limbless sentinels that rise from the marshes as the mainland ends and North Carolina's extensive coastal rivers, estuaries and sounds begin. They are ghost ...