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news
The World's Smallest Porpoises Might Soon Be Extinct
Just a handful are left.
logging
Lumberjack Contests are the Coolest College Extracurricular
How a campfire competition between 19th-century loggers became a professional sport.
disease
Scientists Just Discovered a New Vulnerability in HIV
The hunt for a vaccine is heating up.
jawn
15 Trees That Can't Even Right Now
They just can't.
tree week
7 Nominees for the Best Tree in Literature
Cast your mind back to childhood and choose a favorite.
tree week
An Indian Village Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Girl Is Born
The initiative aims to promote gender equality and has boosted the village's economy.
tree week
A Secret Forest Grew for Millennia in North America Without Anyone Noticing
Cedar trees living on steep cliffs were centuries old, and no one knew.
for sale
For Sale: A Back To The Future DeLorean
A lot is at stake.
buoys
Watch Buoys Dance With the Flow in This Ocean Current Visualization
The mesmerizing white dots illustrate the movement of more than 17,000 research buoys.
sleep
How Trees Sleep
Like the rest of us, they droop.
farms
Found: A Baby Alpaca Trapped in a Hole
A dirt bath went very wrong.
tree week
Vintage Photos of Lumberjacks and the Giant Trees They Felled
Loggers posing with the trees they cut down by hand.
tree week
8 Extraordinary Pieces of Architecture Grown From Living Trees
Using trees as a building material results in fantastically overgrown creations.
earth
We Now Have Evidence of a Mega-Asteroid Strike from 3.5 Billion Years ago
It was a rock several miles wide.
tree week
The True Story of the Rainforest Cafe is Even Wilder Than You Thought
The founder of the world's premiere "eatertainment" brought live animals to the mall.
russia
The Facial Recognition App That Could End Public Anonymity in Russia
Things are getting weird.
