Most animals have their own version of tree rings – here’s how we biologists use them to help species thrive
Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...
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Turning Tree Branches into Art with Amazing Woodturning
Dive into the world of primitive wood burning and woodturning excellence as tree branches are transformed into stunning works of art on the lathe. Using simple, natural materials, this creative ...
Atomic grains of sand: How the history of humans is written into the fabric of the Earth
Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet – through the marks we've left on nature.
How do you love a forest? Ethan Tapper has thoughts. | The Excerpt
With climate change, wildfires, and human encroachment, our forests are in desperate need of guardians. What is being done to protect our woodlands?
Meet The World’s Most ‘Safeguarded’ Tree—A Jurassic Survivor Thought Extinct Until 1994
The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...
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What's The Oldest Tree On Earth?
The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living historical ...
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Using the ‘Magic’ of LiDAR to Map Maine’s Old-Growth Forests
The older stands are blue magenta. Everything that’s younger is yellows or oranges or light greens. You can color it any way ...
14,000 pigs and 714,000 hens: The ‘mega farm’ causing uproar in a quiet, rural community
An application to accommodate a vast number of farm animals on land in Methwold in Norfolk has been met with resistance by ...
Astronomers spot asteroid that may be heading for the earth
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...
This monstrous mama laid the world’s largest egg
An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic ...
An Asteroid Has a 1-in-77 Chance of Hitting Earth. Here's What It Would Do
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
Boardwalk, wetlands enhancement set for Kendrick Woods park
Work is currently underway on a state-funded project that will add 40 acres of public wetlands and more than 40,000 hardwood trees to what already is the largest of the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan ...