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While Christmas tree growers certainly know their evergreens, identifying new revenue streams may be necessary for them to ...

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A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term "rescue strategy" is unlikely to save them from the impacts of climate ...

Efficient nitrogen reuse is essential for sustaining growth in evergreen fruit trees, yet how different tissues contribute to ...

It’s estimated 25% to 35% of Wyoming’s forests are now dominated by “ghost forests” — standing dead timber from beetle ...

A study on Indo-European languages, using direct linguistic data, reconciles the two dominant hypotheses of where and how ...

A T. Rex missing link, a spike-fossil and a raptor still eating its dinner are just a few of the interesting dinosaur ...