
Ferns Took To The Trees And Thrived
As flowering plants like
giant trees quickly rose to
dominate plant communities
during the Cretaceous
period, the ferns that had
preceded them hardly saw it
as a disappointment. ... > full story

Anti-biotech Groups Obstruct Forest Biotechnology, Researchers Say
The potential of forest
biotechnology to help
address significant social
and environmental issues is
being "strangled at birth"
... > full story

Crab Apple Trees: Long-term Apple Scab Resistance Remains Elusive, Purdue Expert Says
There are hundreds of
choices when picking a
crabapple tree from the
nursery, but an expert says
only a handful are resistant
... > full story

54-million-year-old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains
Researchers have developed
the first detailed images of
a primitive primate brain,
unexpectedly revealing that
cousins of our earliest
... > full story
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Method For Computing Evolutionary Trees Could Revolutionize Evolutionary Biology
June 20, 2009 Detailed, accurate evolutionary trees that reveal the relatedness of living things can now be determined much faster and for thousands of species with a computing method developed by computer ... > full story -
New York's Ash Trees Threatened By Newly Found Beetle
June 18, 2009 For the first time, researchers have reported the sighting of the emerald ash borer -- an ash-destroying beetle -- in New York ... > full story -
Reviving American Chestnut Trees May Mitigate Climate Change
June 15, 2009 A new study shows that introducing a new hybrid of the American chestnut tree would not only bring back the all-but-extinct species, but also put a dent in the amount of carbon in the Earth's ... > full story -
Australia's Climate: Drought And Flooding In Annual Rings Of Tropical Trees
June 12, 2009 Annual rings are acclaimed in representing natural climate archives. For the temperate latitudes it is known that the growth of these annual rings depend mainly on temperature and precipitation. In ... > full story -
Feeding Behaviors In Monkeys And Humans Have Ancient, Shared Roots, Bolivian Rainforest Study Suggests
May 20, 2009 Spider monkeys and humans have similar ways of controlling their protein intake, suggesting that human susceptibility to obesity might have far earlier evolutionary origins than previously ... > full story -
Insight Into Evolution Of First Flowers
May 19, 2009 Charles Darwin described the sudden origin of flowering plants about 130 million years ago as an abominable mystery, one that scientists have yet to solve. But a new study is helping shed light on ... > full story -
Oldest Example Of Mutualism: Termites And Protozoa Discovered Together In Ancient Amber
May 15, 2009 The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of "mutualism" ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also ... > full story -
Managing Douglas-fir Forests For Diversity
May 15, 2009 Creating diverse forests for multiple uses is important to natural resource managers and landowners. The findings from a 1983 study conducted in southwestern Oregon provide forest managers with ... > full story -
Home Energy Savings Are Made In The Shade
May 13, 2009 Trees positioned to shade the west and south sides of a house may decrease summertime electric bills by 5 percent on average, according to a recent study of California ... > full story -
Why Some Newly Planted Trees Die: Stresses During Handling And Transport Affect Tree Health, Survival
May 8, 2009 Consider the cumulative stresses that transplanted trees must endure from the time they are harvested until they become established in a landscape. Multiple stress factors can mean the difference ... > full story
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