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Posted January 23, 2011:

• Climate Change Threatens Many Tree Species

Posted January 7, 2011:

• Extinct Insect Completely Reconstructed in 3-D

Posted December 30, 2010:

• April Grafting Optimal for Fraser Fir
• Landscape Tree Disease from 12 Wood Decay Fungi Studied

Posted December 28, 2010:

• Solutions to Common Pear Fungal Disease

Posted December 27, 2010:

• Comprehensive Report on Sudden Oak Death

Posted December 26, 2010:

• Finest Chocolate May Get Better: Cacao Tree Genome Sequenced

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Mariana Crow Will Go Extinct in 75 Years, Study Suggests

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Extinctions, Loss of Habitat Harm Evolutionary Diversity

Posted December 15, 2010:

• Ancient Forest Emerges Mummified from the Arctic: Clues to Future Warming Impact
• Protecting the Amazon Rainforest: Extensive Inventory Forms Basis for Legislation Governing When Trees in the Brazilian Rainforests Can Be Logged

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Fewer Yellowjacket Wasp Surprises on Christmas Trees

Posted December 13, 2010:

• Continued Death of Forests Predicted in Southwestern US Due to Climate Change
• The Movement of Tree Sap Analyzed

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Towards an Efficient, Effective and Equitable REDD+

Posted December 6, 2010:

• How to Delay Christmas Tree Needle Loss
• Ravenous Foreign Pests Threaten U.S. National Forests

Posted December 1, 2010:

• Rainforest Conservation Needs a New Direction to Address Climate Change

Posted November 29, 2010:

• DNA Evidence Supports a Coastal Northeastern Atlantic Glacial Refugium for a Boreal Tree Species

Posted November 23, 2010:

• Koalas May Be the 'Pickiest' Marsupials Around
• California's Controlled Fires Boost Biodiversity

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Cost Effectiveness of Ecological Restoration Demonstrated
• Flying Snakes, Caught on Camera
• The Puzzle of Biological Diversity

Posted November 18, 2010:

• In Fending Off Diseases, Plants and Animals Are Much the Same, Research Shows

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Critically Endangered Tree Frog Bred for First Time

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Oh Deer: Protecting This Year’s Christmas Tree Crop

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Levels of Coumarin in Cassia Cinnamon Vary Greatly Even in Bark from the Same Tree

Posted November 2, 2010:

• 'Evergreen Agriculture' Boosts Crop Yields, Scientists Find

Posted November 1, 2010:

• Some City Trees May Discourage 'Shady' Behavior; Study Explores Relationship Between Urban Trees and Crime

Posted October 26, 2010:

• Tale of the Headless Dragonfly: Ancient Struggle, Preserved in Amber

Posted October 25, 2010:

• Plant Stem Cells Could Be Fruitful Source of Low-Cost Cancer Drug

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Old Logging Practices Linked to High Erosion Rates

Posted October 15, 2010:

• New Genus of Tree Discovered; Related to Sandalwoods

Posted October 14, 2010:

• Risks and Benefits of Using Poplars for Biofuels: Scientific Risk Assessment Conducted on Introduction of Exotic Species

Posted October 12, 2010:

• Forget the Sunscreen: Water Fleas in Mountain Ponds Can Handle UV Rays

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Long-Extinct Passenger Pigeon Finds a Place in the Family Tree

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Wasps Wage War on Behalf of Wiliwili Trees

Posted September 21, 2010:

• The Joy of Sets: For Ants and Trees, Multiple Partners Are a Boon
• Invaders Could Devastate Florida Avocado Industry

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Smartphone App for Genes on Earth Is Tool for Scientists and Entertaining for All
• Introducing 'Champagne' -- New Disease-Resistant Fig

Posted September 17, 2010:

• Analysis of the Chocolate Genome Could Lead to Improved Crops and Products

Posted September 16, 2010:

• Tyrannosaurus Redux: T. Rex Was More Than Just a Large Carnivore at Top of Food Chain, New Findings Reveal

Posted September 15, 2010:

• Sequencing of Cacao Genome to Help Chocolate Industry, Subsistence Farmers

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Scots Pine Shows Its Continental Roots
• Risk of Beetle Outbreaks Rise, Along With Temperature, in the Warming West
• NASA Satellites Reveal Surprising Connection Between Beetle Attacks, Wildfire

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