On display at DU’s Davis Gallery through October 20, the exhibit tells stories of the migrant workers who left their marks on Colorado’s aspens. Nude female figure (Figura femenina desnuda) at Cotton ...

On the shoulder of Kebler Pass, about seven miles west of Crested Butte, a giant lounges in the Colorado high country. The Kebler Pass aspen stand covers the equivalent of just over 100 football ...

To carve an aspen tree — to take a blade to the trunk for the sake of your initials, for example — is to do harm. Harm to a being with a life expectancy much like our own: 100 years, if we’re lucky.

The residents and visitors to this valley are lucky to enjoy a brilliant splattering of gold among the hillsides every autumn. These beautiful yellow, and sometimes orange and red, leaves are aspen ...

Across the West, quaking aspen are facing steep regeneration challenges due to climate stress, browsing animals, pests, and shifting fire patterns. While fire can spark new growth, hotter, drier ...

While forests of pine and fir trees get a lot of attention, the more ubiquitous and colorful quaking aspen is a keystone species that is experiencing substantial increases in mortality and decreases ...