Meet the scotch pine, or Pinus sylvestris, also known as Scots pine, which has clusters of two blue green or yellow green needles, which are one to...
In this segment of the FNR 2022 Year in Review, we take a look at the research advances, breakthroughs, grants and publications produced by FNR...
Meet the red pine, or Pinus resinosa, which is not native to Indiana, but has been planted widely across the state. This conifer has clusters of...
The 2022 calendar year saw several FNR faculty, staff, students and alumni represent the department both locally and nationally through awards and...
Meet the eastern white pine or Pinus strobus, the only five-needled pine native to Indiana. Each bundle of needles or fascicle, has five needles,...
Dr. Zhao Ma will receive the Human Dimensions of Global Change (HDGC) Specialty Group’s Research Excellence Award at the American Association...
Meet Eastern red cedar or Juniperus virginiana, one of the most common coniferous trees in Indiana. This evergreen tree, also known as aromatic...
Once the biggest producer of maple syrup in the United States, Indiana is working to remind Hoosier residents of its ability to craft some of the...
After developing an interest in wildlife at an early age and immersing himself in it, there was no question that Travis Stoelting would end up...
Dr. Emmanuel A. Frimpong was honored as a 2023 recipient of the Purdue Distinguished Agriculture Alumni Award. Frimpong, who earned his PhD in...
This week, we meet Black willow or Salix nigra, the only tree-sized willow in the state of Indiana. This species has long, narrow leaves with short...
Meet Butternut or Juglans cinerea, also known as white walnut. This species, which has slowly disappeared from the landscape due to a fungal...
Almost exclusively, an online search for rattlesnakes returns images of large, aggressive-looking snakes in hot, dry deserts. In reality,...
The Purdue Student Chapter of the American Fisheries Society has earned the Most Active Student Subunit Award for the North Central Division, for...
Meet Black walnut or Juglans nigra, which has compound leaves with several pairs of leaflets along the individual leaf stems. The leaves, which are...
Purdue University has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase the production of seafood, also...
Professor emeritus Carl Eckelman came to Purdue as an undergraduate in 1956 and never left, completing his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $10 million grant to Purdue University to help landowners and stakeholders better adapt their...
Meet the Tulip tree or Liriodendron tulipifera, also known as the tulip poplar or yellow poplar. The state tree of Indiana features large, simple,...
Dr. Jessica Gurevitch, who began her tenure as the new FNR department head in January, was named as a Distinguished Professor as the Purdue Board...
Glenn Juday, a 1972 forest management alumnus, has been named as a 2023 recipient of the College of Agriculture’s Certificate of Distinction.
Meet the Sycamore or Platanus occindentalis. The large leaves of this species have three to five lobes and loosely resemble that of maples, but are...
Dr. Vikram Chhatre is joining the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center (HTIRC) and U.S. Forest Service staff at Purdue, as a research...
A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research...
Pat Zollner, professor of wildlife science in the Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, is the principal investigator on a research...