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‘Giant coconut-cracking rat’ photographed for first time in Solomon Islands. See it
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA giant rodent scurried along the forest floor, navigating fallen leaves and nuts, toward the scent...
California drought, bark beetles killing the oldest trees on Earth. Can they be saved?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, where some of the the world's oldest trees live, scientists...
Walking RI: Tillinghast Pond's trails are part of something special and well worth a visit
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWEST GREENWICH — Tillinghast Pond, tranquil and clear on a still summer morning, is at the heart of...
Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoChristine Buhl, a forest health specialist for the Oregon Department of Forestry, plunges a tool...
Feral hogs at the root of farming field destruction
Ft. Smith Southwest Times Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Managing feral swine — the land-damaging, disease-carrying wild hogs that roam throughout the country — starts with good data,...
Why no one knows exactly how much old-growth forest we have left
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThis story was first published by Columbia Insight. It’s said that the map is not the territory....
When planting trees is bad for the planet
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoReforestation is the process of bringing trees back to a place they’ve been removed from. In contrast, afforestation means creating forest where it...
Smith: Wisconsin can play a vital role in the future of the 2024 bird of the year, the golden-winged...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoWith a name that starts with "G" and yellow on its shoulders and head, this warbler can draw...
Fungal infections in trees can hurt — or help — in the battle against mountain pine beetles
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 months agoResearchers at the University of Alberta have investigated how fungal pathogens affect the ability...
Are 'mother trees' real?
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA couple tries to wrap their arms around a massive 800-year-old Douglas fir in British Columbia, Canada. In the forests of British Columbia, where recent...
