They say that trees live for thousands of years. Like many things that "they" say, there is a germ of truth in the saying (even though it is mostly false).
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2017
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The redwood and sequoia trees in California, the baobab trees in Madagascar, and the rose gum Eucalyptus trees in northeastern Australia are only a few of the spectacular large, old trees still growing today. Protecting these ...
Environment
Apr 22, 2016
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New knowledge about WA's endangered Baudin's cockatoos could be gained through an innovative tracking program beginning this week.
Ecology
Aug 5, 2015
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Scientists report that after 20 years of attempts to save the species, northern spotted owl numbers in the Northwest are still on the decline—and at a faster rate.
Ecology
Jun 10, 2015
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More than 75 U.S. and Canadian scientists have sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking for a policy to preserve what remains of America's old-growth forest.
Environment
Jun 25, 2014
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Murdoch University researchers have found that Western Australia's iconic black cockatoos have been drawn to a new food source – rehabilitated mining pits.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2013
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A study spearheaded by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of Minnesota has shown that the world's largest owl—and one of the rarest—is also a key indicator of the health of some of the last great primary ...
Ecology
Aug 15, 2013
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(Phys.org)—The largest living organisms on the planet, the big, old trees that harbour and sustain countless birds and other wildlife, are dying. A report by three of the world's leading ecologists in today's issue of the ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2012
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Ash trees have been suffering from the Chalara fraxinea fungus (otherwise known as ash dieback) across Europe: not only in mature forest areas, but also in urban areas and nurseries. It was discovered in February of this ...
Ecology
Nov 28, 2012
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A forest may look like a forest, have many of the same trees that used to live there, but still lose the ecological, economic or cultural values that once made it what it was, researchers suggest this week in articles in ...
Environment
Oct 3, 2011
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