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Plants & Animals Feb 27, 2024

Gardeners can help identify potentially invasive plants

The critical role of gardeners in identifying 'future invaders'—ornamental plants that could become invasive species—has been revealed by researchers from the University of Reading and the Royal Horticultural Society.

Plants & Animals Feb 12, 2024

What it's like counting 528,000 albatross nests on Midway islands

Nancy Caruso sat on an island in the North Pacific Ocean just inches from an albatross and watched as the large black-and-white sea bird with a 12-foot wingspan added grass to its nest to cover up a precious 4-inch white ...

Ecology Feb 7, 2024

Chile's biggest botanical garden like 'smoker's lung' after wildfire

Once a lush oasis bursting with native and exotic plants, Chile's biggest botanical garden has been left grayed and charred after a wildfire blazed through last week, also killing a nursery manager and members of her family.

Plants & Animals Feb 5, 2024

Researchers discover new species of mussel that lives in an ancient undersea forest

A Northeastern marine scientist has discovered a new species of tiny mollusk that lives in an ancient, submerged cypress grove called the Alabama Undersea Forest.

Ecology Jan 22, 2024

Bloom and bust: New study details exactly how terrible algae is for Florida's economy

Algal blooms can mean toxic fumes, green muck, nasty stench, and death for seagrass and marine animals. All of it is bad for Florida's economy, and sometimes human health. But just how bad has been murky—until now.

Environment Jan 18, 2024

Flood risks rise as federal wetlands protections disappear: SC needs help, senators told

South Carolina's landscape is pockmarked with wetlands that have historically gotten in the way of developers seeking to build shopping malls, hotels and housing communities.

Environment Jan 16, 2024

Research finds evergreens with smaller leaves offer better air pollution mitigation

If you're trying to take pollution out of the air, choose evergreen trees with smaller leaves. That's according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

Plants & Animals Dec 5, 2023

A forestry scientist explains how to choose the most sustainable Christmas tree, no matter what it's made of

Every year, Americans buy somewhere between 35 million and 50 million Christmas trees, and many more pull an artificial tree out of storage for the season. In all, about three-quarters of U.S. households typically have some ...

Ecology Dec 1, 2023

Plant survey finds dozens of nonnative invasive species thriving in southwest Ohio

Botanist Denis Conover does not have to go far to study the growing problem of invasive plants.

Ecology Nov 30, 2023

Satellite remote sensing model for wide-area prediction of transpiration rates in Japanese cypress plantations

Forests, known as nature's "green dams," play a crucial role in replenishing Earth's groundwater reserves. However, overcrowding in planted forests due to lack of maintenance activities, such as thinning practices, is a pressing ...

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