Trees can snitch on illegal gold miners in the Amazon
Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon ...
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Some tropical trees act as lightning rods to fend off rivals
Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.
World's largest deforestation: Indonesia to clear forests size of Belgium
Indonesia's planned deforestation threatens the world's third-largest rainforest, home to endangered species like orangutans, ...
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Botanic Garden’s Living Plant Collection now a digital data base
THE North Coast Regional Botanic Garden (NCRBG) in Coffs Harbour has installed a new digital record-keeping system which is yielding significant results. Using Hortis, a modern, cloud-based platform ...
It's not easy being a street tree, but this heroic eucalypt withstands everything we throw at it
Street trees usually grow in appalling soils, have little space for their roots, are rarely watered and often get ...
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Forest restoration efforts in Costa Rica assist birds here and there
Spring is in the air, and to the joy of bird watchers, the first migratory songbirds have begun trickling back into the urban ...
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Uniben to plant 10,000 trees to combat climate change
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, on Wednesday said the institution would soon launch ...