New typology of seed development in late winter-flowering temperate woodland plants
Drought makes Borneo's trees flower at the same time
Looking for past Honduran, Mexican civilizations
A high-tech archeological exploration team of scientists and a filmmaker, who announced a year ago that they had glimpsed remnants of what might be a fabled ancient city in the Honduran rain forests, plans ...
May 15, 2013
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Brazilian team finds new porcupine species
A new species of tree-dwelling porcupine has been discovered in Brazil's Northeastern Atlantic Forest, one of the world's most threatened habitats, researchers said.
Apr 10, 2013
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Drought does long-term damage to rainforest
Recent droughts in the Amazon rainforest have effects that persist long after the rains have returned, a new study has shown.
Feb 07, 2013
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Scientific paper challenges assumptions about bark beetles' link to wildfires
Study finds severe climate jeopardizing Amazon forest
(Phys.org)—An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, finds a new NASA-led study. These results, together with ...
Jan 18, 2013
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New species of flying frog discovered in Vietnam
An Australian researcher who discovered a new species of flying frog near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and named it after her mother said it was a rare find so close to such a big city.
Jan 15, 2013
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For every species of mammal, 300 arthropod species lurk in the rainforest
Do Australia's giant fire-dependent trees belong in the rainforest?
Australia's giant eucalyptus trees are the tallest flowering plants on earth, yet their unique relationship with fire makes them a huge puzzle for ecologists. Now the first global assessment of these giants, published in ...
Oct 31, 2012
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Salt seeds clouds in the Amazon rainforest
It's morning, deep in the Amazon jungle. In the still air innumerable leaves glisten with moisture, and fog drifts through the trees. As the sun rises, clouds appear and float across the forest canopy ... ...
Sep 10, 2012
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A Tree Stands in the Sierra Nevada
White fir, ponderosa pine, Jeffrey pine. Sugar pine, incense cedar, red fir: These are conifers of the headwater ecosystems of California's Sierra Nevada.
Aug 08, 2012
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Researchers examining birds' control, behavioral processes as model for small, highly maneuverable aircraft
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking at birds' perceptual and maneuvering abilities as inspiration for small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) autonomy.
Jul 25, 2012
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Hidden secrets in the world's most northerly rainforests
Water in a changing world: Experimental watershed provides new insights, rich educational experience
Six years and about 4,000 water samples later, an outdoor experimental watershed laboratory established by University of Delaware faculty members Shreeram Inamdar and Delphis Levia at Fair Hill, Md., is now ...
Jun 26, 2012
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