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‘3,000 year-old’ trees in Tanzania are new species
Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest ...
5 ANIMALS THAT WENT EXTINCT IN THE LAST DECADE
From Paradise Parrot to Japanese Sea Lion, here are some animal species that went extinct, primarily due to human-driven ...
How did iguanas get to Fiji? Chances are, they floated nearly 5,000 miles on vegetation rafts
Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
More Mysterious Than the Dodo: This Unremarkable-Looking Bird Is Evolution’s Greatest Puzzle
The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...
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South Africa: Lost Fynbos Seeds From Underground 'Time Capsules' in South Africa Can Grow ...
Analysis - Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that ...
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How Did the Iguana Cross the Pacific? Mystery Solved
Millions of years ago, a group of adventurous iguanas, probably from Mexico, crossed the Pacific Ocean to Fiji on giant rafts ...
Billions of noisy cicadas soon to emerge in 14 states, including New York
Brood XIV (14) will emerge this spring in Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, ...
Lost fynbos seeds from underground 'time capsules' in South Africa can grow again - new study
Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town's Table Mountain, but only if the remaining pine trees are removed.