Forests
This Is the World's Tallest Tropical Tree
The yellow meranti in Malaysia's Sabah state is 330 feet tall and weighs more than a jetliner
A Year Later, Match.com Profile Pays Off for World's Loneliest Frog
The 2018 Valentine's Day stunt raised funds for an expedition that located five new Sehuencas water frogs, including a mate for lonesome Romeo
The Ill-Fated Expedition of a 19th-Century Scientist to Explore the California Wilderness
Even facing exposure and starvation, Josiah Gregg insisted on stopping to take measurements and observations, much to his companions' distress
Fruit Flies First Began Feeding on Our Fresh Produce About 10,000 Years Ago
It turns out the insects love marula fruit found in south-central Africa, which attracted them to human caves
Was the Vikings' Secret to Success Industrial-Scale Tar Production?
Evidence suggests that the ability to mass-produce tar bolstered their trade repertoire and allowed them to waterproof and seal their iconic longships
Pando, One of the World’s Largest Organisms, Is Dying
Mule deer and cattle are eating saplings before the clonal grove can regenerate
This Humongous Fungus Is as Massive as Three Blue Whales
A new estimate suggests this mushroom is 2,500 Years Old and Weighs 440 tons
World's Largest Forest Antelope Photographed in Uganda for First Time
The lowland bongo and other mammal species were recorded during the first camera trap survey of Semuliki National Park
Ancient Mayan Clearcutting Still Impacts Carbon in Soil Today
Even 1,000 years after a forest regrows, the soil beneath still won't hold as much carbon as it once could, a new study suggests
Fire Closes Yosemite Valley Indefinitely
Smoke and flames from the Ferguson Fire have closed the roads to the National Park's most popular attraction at the height of tourist season
The Science Behind California's "Fire Tornado"
The spinning mass of smoke filmed near Redding, California, is much taller, wider and lasted longer than average fire whirls
Indigenous Peoples Manage One Quarter of the Globe, Which Is Good News for Conservation
Despite making up 5 percent of the world's population, indigenous peoples maintain large swathes of land, two-thirds of which are still in a natural state
Australian Reptiles And a Toad Named After Gollum on Latest Endangered Species Update
The IUCN Red List shows Oz's reptiles are in trouble as well as flying foxes, a Jamaican rodent and a New Guinea butterfly
How Seaweed Connects Us All
An unlikely debate about rockweed brings together Rachel Carson, marine biology and Maine's supreme court
Europe’s Oldest Known Tree Discovered in Italy
The Heldreich’s pine is 1,230 years old
How the Ancestors of Birds Survived the Dino-Killing Asteroid
Forest cover was crucial to avian evolution, a new study on the mass extinction event asserts
Canada Is Now Home to the World’s Largest Stretch of Protected Boreal Forests
The province of Alberta has announced the creation of four new protected parks
The EPA Declared That Burning Wood Is Carbon Neutral. It's Actually a Lot More Complicated
Here are five things to know about the controversial change
These Captive-Bred Frogs Are Facing Predators and the Chytrid Fungus to Make It in the Wild
Scientists in Panama release 500 harlequin frogs, some wearing transmitters, in a first attempt to reintroduce the endangered species
Brazil Begins Effort to Plant 73 Million Trees in the Amazon
The experiment in reforestation involves spreading native seeds instead of planting saplings
Page 5 of 9