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Northern tamandua (a type of anteater) using a fig tree toilet Tropical Canopy Ecology Project Numerous arboreal mammals, such as opossums, three-toed sloths, and ocelots, share…
Stumpy Lives Again: A Cherry Blossom Revival A clone of the beloved craggy Yoshino cherry tree, famously cut down in Washington, D.C. two years ago, has…
A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has identified three new species within the genus Nectophrynoides from Tanzania’s East Arc Mountains. Nectophrynoides luhomeroensis seen…
The average size of trees in the Amazon Rainforest is gradually increasing as carbon dioxide levels rise. This means that these larger trees play a crucial…
Flammability assessments on western juniper trees (Juniperus occidentalis) Rebecca Koll In a laboratory at the University of Exeter, UK, Rebecca Koll is examining conifer species to…
Paleontologists have extracted ancient enamel protein sequences from fossilized teeth of epiacaratherium sp., a nasal bacteria that thrived in the High Arctic of Canada between 240…
Afforestation Initiative in British Columbia, Canada James McDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images Achieving sufficient tree planting to counterbalance the climate effects of fossil fuel combustion is nearly…
Fossils of the giant rainforest tree Dryobalanops rappa have been found in Brunei (officially known as Brunei Darussalam), an island nation in Borneo. This discovery marks…
The entire forest explodes as lightning hits a tree in the tropical region. “To the most extreme, the bombs look like they’ve disappeared,” said Evan Gola,…
A team of scientists has unveiled a baby mammoth that has been almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years in the thawing permafrost of eastern Siberia. Anatoly…
Named after the otherworldly sounds these tree frogs make, Boufis The rainforests of Madagascar are expanses, some of which remind us of the sounds of technological…
Artificial lighting at night can affect tree leaves Shutterstock/Patrick Kosmider Urban trees lit by streetlights tend to have tougher leaves and be less eaten by insects…
The pink lapacho tree is one of approximately 300,000 species of flowering plantsRoberto Okamura Tetsuo/Shutterstock Botanists have used genome data from more than 9,500 species to…
The latest genealogy is detailed in two supplementary papers published today. journal Nature And that Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have uncovered patterns…
Refugio State Beach, Calif. — Severe storms that hit California have caused damage in some parts of the state. the most iconic tree. A majestic palm…
Sanphodiacaulis densifolia is an extinct tree species that existed in what is now New Brunswick, Canada, between 359 and 347 million years ago (Carboniferous period). The…
One of my favorite activities while scuba diving or snorkeling on a tropical reef is to gently approach a coral rock and observe the colorful Christmas…
The Christmas Tree Cluster, NGC 2264, is a young star cluster in the Milky Way galaxy, about 2,500 light-years from Earth. Enhanced by specific color selection…





















