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5,510 results for: Forests

  1. Animals

    Tiny frogs host an illusion on their backs

    How dyeing dart frogs move changes how predators see the amphibians, a new study finds.

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  2. Climate

    How species will, or won’t, manage in a warming world

    Fast evolution and flexibility, in biology and behavior, may allow some species to adapt to a warming world. Others may need help from humans, or risk dying out.

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  3. Animals

    That stinky gorilla may be trying to say something

    Scientists have found the first evidence of wild gorillas communicating by scent.

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  4. Animals

    For upside-down sloths, what goes down can’t come up

    Upside-down sloths have to hold their organs up and their food down.

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  5. Earth

    Nutrients matter in tropical forests

    Soil nutrients and rainfall predict tree species range in Panama’s tropical forests.

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  6. Animals

    Passenger pigeon population had booms and busts

    DNA says the birds recovered from hard times — until people came along.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    With help from pig tissue, people regrow muscle

    Noncellular material implanted in patients attracts stem cells to fix injuries.

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  8. Animals

    Bird dropping disguise proves to be effective camouflage

    Several species of spiders and other animals mimic bird poop.

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  9. Plants

    South American vine is a masterful mimic

    The vine Boquila trifoliolata changes the shape of its leaves to match its host and avoid getting eaten.

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  10. Earth

    Fungi pull carbon into northern forest soils

    Organisms living on tree roots do the lion’s share of sequestering carbon.

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  11. Earth

    Eye in the sky

    With its free Images of Change iPad app and online gallery, NASA makes the aerial perspective available to all, with results both stunning and disturbing.

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  12. Life

    News in brief: Counting project reveals forest’s bug diversity

    Some 25,000 species of arthropods live in Panamanian forest.

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