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5,419 results for: Forests
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Science From On High
Google Earth gives researchers new access.
- Life
Gone fishing, orangutan-style
Apes that catch fish in ponds and eat them raise the possibility that ancient hominids did the same.
- Life
A cougar in Connecticut
Using DNA and trailside cameras, wildlife biologists retrace the 18-month, 2,000-mile journey of a young male cat.
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When Birds Go to Town
Urban settings offer enterprising critters new opportunities — if they can cope with the challenges
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Thank your mom for your big brain, plus contagious itching and phobia therapy in this week’s news.
- Life
New titi monkey, at last
Travel risks in parts of Colombia had kept primatologists out for decades.
- Earth
Earth/Environment
The carbon footprint of Brazilian beef, plus the health effects of pollution and electrification in this week's news.
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New Takes on Historic Quakes
Two centuries on, scientists revisit the magnitudes of New Madrid’s biggest rumbles.
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- Life
Numbers flap has minor implications for global extinctions
A statistical technique used to estimate rates of species disappearance is flawed, two ecologists charge — but not enough to invalidate recent dire assessments.
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Lopped Off
Removal of top predators trickles through the food web.
- Psychology
Geometric minds skip school
Villagers' understanding of lines and triangles raises questions about how people learn the properties of objects in space.
