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5,533 results for: Forests

  1. Paleontology

    12 amazing fossil finds of 2015

    From an ancient sponge ancestor to the Carolina Butcher, scientists learned a lot about life on Earth this year.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Physics

    The science of avalanches

    High-tech instruments are helping researchers study how temperature can change the character — and danger — of an avalanche

    By Alexandra Witze
  3. Climate

    Year in review: Global warming continues apace

    New climate research showed that the much-discussed warming hiatus never happened, carbon dioxide levels are higher than ever and Earth is heading toward a new normal.

    By Thomas Sumner
  4. Animals

    Mystery deepens for what made tarantulas blue

    Blue hair on tarantulas shows what evolution does with iridescence that females probably don’t care about.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Plants

    Pretty flower uses dead arthropods to lure protectors

    A sticky columbine from California lures arthropods to their death to lure protectors to the plant, a new study suggests.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  6. Life

    Many Amazon trees endangered

    Large numbers of Amazon tree species are threatened by deforestation.

    By Chris Samoray
  7. Animals

    Inside the roaring sex lives of howler monkeys

    Listening to the intense roars of howler monkeys in Mexico inspired scientists to decipher how and why calls differ among species.

    By Helen Thompson
  8. Animals

    Five species that show why ‘bird brain’ is a stupid phrase

    Birds can use tools, make art and understand human language. Why do we assume they are stupid?

    By Sarah Zielinski
  9. Animals

    Wildfires are an unexpected threat to California condors

    Lead poisoning remains a threat to California condors, but a new review finds that wildfires may also be a danger to the big birds.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  10. Climate

    Climate change could shift New England’s fall foliage

    Climate change could make for earlier or later fall color, depending on where you live in New England.

    By Helen Thompson
  11. Anthropology

    Early globalization on display in history of Eurasian civilization

    It was a long, strange trip from the first Eurasian farmers to the modern world.

    By Bruce Bower
  12. Genetics

    Chemical tags on DNA appear to differ between gay and straight men

    DNA marks distinguished homosexual men from heterosexual men with in a small twin study.

    By Tina Hesman Saey