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The world's largest and oldest organism may have been growing for 80,000 years
This is Pando, "the Trembling Giant," an astonishing clonal colony of quaking aspen trees located in Utah's Fishlake National ...
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Massive Utah Clone Forest Found To Be One of the Oldest Organisms on Earth
A remarkable aspen forest that sprouted from a single seedling makes "the Roman Empire seem like a recent phenomenon." ...
Dozens of animals saved from Jennings Creek fire. Here's how you can help wildlife rescuers.
The massive fire that continues to burn in New Jersey and New York is taking a serious toll on the area's wildlife. A group ...
Which animals carry mpox? Our study identified African forest dwelling rodents as one source
Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It's quite easily passed on from one person to another.
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The world’s largest organism is also one of its oldest – and it’s at risk
Pando, a quaking aspen in Utah, is between 16,000 and 81,000 years old. New threats mean the world's largest tree is now in ...
Disease could kill most of the ‘ohi‘a forests on Hawaii’s Big Island within 20 years
Ten years ago, a mysterious new disease was found sweeping through Hawaii’s native ‘ohi‘a forests, killing off the foundation ...
Live Science on MSN2d
Pando, the world's largest organism, may have been growing nonstop since the 1st humans left Africa, study suggests
Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...
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Forest Alliance book 'EcoBlitz' looks at diverse species in state forests, argues for old growth
The Indiana Forest Alliance will have a book release event Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. at Morgensterns Cafe in Bloomington and ...
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Advocates launch backcountry book examining Indiana's old-growth forest habitats, species
The Indiana Forest Alliance and a team of scientists spent years identifying the plants and animals in Indiana’s backcountry ...
Indigenous mounds rediscovered at Forest Home Cemetery unearth Milwaukee's ancient history
Experts believed there was only one surviving ancient Indigenous mound in Milwaukee. Now, two rediscovered mounds bring that ...
Long-legged spiny creature discovered along trail in Ecuador forest. See new species
Researchers, however, can have a keen eye and spot the animals even tucked in their hiding place. In the forests of Ecuador, ...
Children dig in to plant new forest
Schoolchildren have helped to plant the latest phase of the Humber Forest. More than 1,000 saplings were bedded in at Skidby ...