After a 17-year wait, cicadas emerge a little early in Chicago area: 'It's a milestone'
It's official, Chicagoland. Periodical cicadas have arrived.
Ecology
May 20, 2024
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Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It's the biggest bug emergence in centuries
Trillions of evolution's bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2024
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NGC 2264: Telescopes illuminate 'Christmas tree cluster'
This new image of NGC 2264, also known as the "Christmas Tree Cluster," shows the shape of a cosmic tree with the glow of stellar lights. NGC 2264 is, in fact, a cluster of young stars—with ages between about one and five ...
Astronomy
Dec 19, 2023
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Can we sustainably harvest trees from tropical forests?
Logging typically degrades tropical forests. But what if logging is carefully planned and carried out by well-trained workers?
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2023
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The world's boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
Earth's boreal forests circle our planet's far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic's treeless tundra. If the planet wears an Arctic ice cap, then the boreal forests are a loose-knit headband wrapped around its ears, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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Hope for the ash tree: Trees resistant to ash dieback are also resistant to beetles
The invasive fungal disease ash dieback has already affected 90% of ash trees in Central Europe. In addition, an invasive beetle threatens the trees. But there is now good news: trees that are resistant to the fungus are ...
Ecology
Jul 10, 2023
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The Biden administration has called for protecting mature US forests, but it's still allowing them to be logged
Forests are critically important for slowing climate change. They remove huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—30% of all fossil fuel emissions annually—and store carbon in trees and soils. Old and mature ...
Ecology
Mar 9, 2023
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Putting the bones of giant, extinct 'thunderbirds' under the microscope reveals how they grew
The largest flightless bird found anywhere in the world today is the ostrich. It stands about 2.5 metres tall and can weigh up to 240kg. But millions of years ago ostriches would have been dwarfed by several other flightless ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 4, 2023
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Smart farming tech offers sprout of hope in Greece
Eyes glued to his mobile phone, farmer Sotiris Mournos pores over the latest microclimate and humidity data about his fields on the plain of Imathia in northern Greece.
Agriculture
Nov 8, 2022
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Tree traits to boost macadamia production
Researchers from The University of Queensland have identified two desirable traits in macadamia trees to make orchards more productive and profitable.
Ecology
Oct 24, 2022
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