The trees, concentrated between Piccadilly Road and Hicks Lane, had been carved into the funky shapes by PSEG Long Island to ...

While the statement doesn’t name a specific mammoth species, the tusk might have belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a distant cousin of the more familiar woolly mammoth. The shaggy elephantine animal ...

That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans. Some ...

Over the winter months, 27 rooted cuttings of the wetland-loving tree have been planted out, adding to the growing collection ...

If you want to understand the jungle, you can't be content just to sail back and forth near the shore. You've got to get into it, no matter how strange and frightening it might seem.” – Carl ...

The Maine Irish Heritage Center helps people learn more about their ancestry through DNA testing and historic research.

A new book details how lignin once protected algae from UV radiation, then later in evolutionary time became a structural ...

Jackson won? Michael R. Jackson has won several prestigious awards, including: - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards ...

Learn how to check for winter damage, boost tree health, and promote strong roots and lush leaves throughout the growing season. Follow these and other tips to help more trees thrive. University of ...

Figure 1. Illustration of the four approaches used for linking root traits and ecosystem functioning in forests. GPP, gross primary productivity; NUE, nutrient-use efficiency. Approach I: root trait ...

Another important factor is mycorrhizal fungi. This network of fungi forms a symbiotic relationship with the fine roots of the trees to benefit both organisms: The fungi supply the trees with ...