Canada planted a pine forest where a rare savanna once stood; removing the trees later brought back a richer ecosystem
Representative Image of a thriving savanna ecosystem flourishing after pine forest removal, with diverse native plants and insects (AI-generated image) A patch of rare savanna habitat in the Ottawa Valley has recovered remarkably well after decades…
Trees have their own version of muscles: Scientists discover how they sense a tilt and straighten themselves, a lesson in how nature finds its balance
To study proprioception alone, the researchers had to remove other cues that normally affect a tree’s growth. A tree might look like it’s stuck in place, quietly suffering whatever weather comes. But below that stillness is a remarkable system for…
Bette Midler started cleaning a neglected New York park in 1995; 30 years later, her group has planted 200,000 trees and built an artificial oyster reef
Bette Midler once spent her mornings clearing parks in Northern Manhattan that the city had all but abandoned. Thirty years later, that early effort has grown into the New York Restoration Project, a charity credited with reshaping green space across all…
60 years after Dutch elm disease devastated America’s 100 million iconic trees, now scientists have infected 6,000 young elms in a radical bid to bring them back
Six decades ago, Dutch elm disease swept across the United States, killing an estimated 100 million American elms that once shaded streets, parks and college campuses from coast to coast. The fungus, carried by bark beetles, turned majestic, vase-shaped…
Australia planted eucalyptus trees to fight rising soil salinity; decades later scientists found the plantations were changing groundwater but not the soil nature
Eucalyptus cladocalyx ‘nana’. Image Credit: ERA Nurseries Australia planted eucalyptus trees to fight rising soil salinity, hoping that thirsty, deep-rooted vegetation could help control the groundwater processes behind the problem. A long-running…
How many of DC’s Japanese cherry trees did Trump chop down? Inside East Potomac Park golf course overhaul
The overhaul of the East Potomac Golf Links at East Potomac Park in Washington D.C. is a dream project of President Donald Trump. As the project takes shape, the felling of 100-year-old cherry blossom trees has raised concerns. President Donald Trump…
Chimpanzees have been throwing rocks at the same trees for more than a decade; scientists are trying to solve the mystery
In the remote savanna-woodlands of Guinea-Bissau, scientists are investigating a strange chimpanzee behaviour that has persisted for more than a decade. Wild western chimpanzees repeatedly collect rocks and hurl them at the same trees, creating piles of…
Did Trump cut down over 100-year-old cherry blossom trees in Washington DC for golf course? Details
Reports about the state of an iconic cherry tree at East Potomac Park in Washington D.C.gifted to the United States by Japan in 1912, have raised alarm. Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Save East Potomac, a watchdog group, first flagged that the…
In 1902, edible dormice were released at an English estate; by 2018 Britain had an estimated 23,000, and the government now pays £40 per hectare a year to control damage to trees, crops and nesting birds
dormouseRepresentative image from Canva In 1902, a small population of edible dormice was released at Tring Park, a private estate in Hertfordshire, as part of a Victorian-era fascination with exotic wildlife. More than a century later, that single…
In 2021, Alabama students began placing discarded Christmas trees along Gulf Coast dunes to trap sand; each year about 200 students now add roughly 3,000 native plants around them
Discarded Christmas trees Discarded holiday trees collected from living rooms across Alabama are finding a second life along the Gulf of Mexico, forming the foundation of a student-led coastal restoration campaign. Discarded Christmas trees collected…