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Cut off by a road, this bog has flooded unnaturally.
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Bogs Lose Their Carbon-Chomping Powers When Roads Cut Through Them

In Canada, roads disrupt wetland water flow and multiply methane emissions, a new study finds.
Sabrina Imbler December 20, 2019
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Watch This Yule Log Burn in the Name of Science

Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service's Fire Sciences Laboratory.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 20, 2019
From the air, the <em>Archaeopteris</em> root system (left) and possible <em>Stigmarian Isoetalean lycopsid</em> system (right) look like long-dry rivers.
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Fossilized Roots Are Revealing the Nature of 385-Million-Year-Old Forests

Welcome to the ancient woods of Cairo, New York.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 19, 2019
Mine Hill Preserve.
Roxbury, Connecticut

Mine Hill Preserve

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.
Welcome to Verdun, where toads live in bomb craters.
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In France, a Bloody WWI Battlefield Has Become a Wildlife Refuge

Toads, orchids, bats, and millions of unexploded shells.
Sabrina Imbler December 6, 2019
Ridgedale, Missouri

Bat Bar in Lost Canyon Cave

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Urchins encircle a lone red abalone.
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A Minefield of Purple Urchins Devastated Kelp Forests in California

Warm water and "sea star wasting disease" helped urchins take over the coast, a new study finds.
Sabrina Imbler November 8, 2019
The redwoods.
Cabezón de la Sal, Spain

Bosque De Secuoyas (Redwood Forest)

An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.
A monsoonal storm brews over the Bay of Bengal.
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How an Ancient Himalayan Forest Wound Up at the Bottom of the Indian Ocean

Trees seem to have cascaded down mighty mountain rivers in a matter of weeks.
Sabrina Imbler November 1, 2019
Pokaini Forest.
Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia

Pokaini Forest

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.
The "gothic gate."
Adršpach, Czechia

Adršpach-Teplice Rocks

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Native to equatorial Africa, kevazingo is also called <em>bubinga</em>, <em>bovenga</em>, <em>amazique</em>, and African rosewood.
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Gabon's Sacred Trees Are Becoming China's Upscale Furniture

Worshipped by indigenous groups, kevazingo are illegal to cut—but prized as a rosewood knockoff.
Oliver Whang September 13, 2019
The running buffalo clover, tiny and resilient.
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How a Tiny Plant Made a Big Comeback in West Virginia

The running buffalo clover may soon be removed from the endangered species list.
Sabrina Imbler September 11, 2019
Julia's deck.
Minturn, Colorado

Julia’s Deck

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.
Fires are tearing through the Brazilian Amazon, including Altamira, pictured here on August 27, 2019.
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Scientists of the Future Will Unearth Traces of the Scorched Amazon Rainforest

Long after the forest stops burning, the effects of this year's fires will linger in the soil and water.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 28, 2019
The moat.
Blidworth, England

Fountain Dale

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.
A member of the Hatch-Swain-Frazier Expedition stands in front of Parrott’s Lower Cabin on the Middle Fork Salmon River in 1936.
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How to Restore a Hermit Hut in the Idaho Wilderness

A team of forest archaeologists and preservationists trekked into the wilderness to rebuild a century-old cabin.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 12, 2019
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Al Thakira Mangroves Forest

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.