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Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few ...

A contractor cut down 107 trees in New Orleans that were planted by a nonprofit. Here's why it's emblematic of larger challenges in the fight against extreme heat.

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Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and ...

A swamp chestnut oak tree in Jennings County has been recognized as the largest of the species in the country by the National ...

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A hundred years ago, Maryland’s first state forester, Fred Besley, issued a challenge to residents: Go out in the woods and find the biggest tree you can. Then collect its measurements and send them ...

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