Mystery of the ‘Crooked Forest’
A mysterious forest in north-west Poland has visitors perplexed due to its strangely curved trees. Over 400 curved pine trees planted over 80 years ag…
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World’s Smallest Frog
A newly-discovered frog, Paedophryne amauensis, is not only the smallest frog species, but the smallest vertebrate ever found. The frogs were found in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, living among...
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Where the Trees Are
NASA posted a map detailing the “Aboveground Woody Biomass” in the continental United States (in other words, trees). Josef Kellndorfer and Wayne Walker of the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC)...
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Researchers Discovered “Permian Pompeii”
Scientists have discovered a tropical forest encased in ash when a volcano erupted about 300 million years ago. The finding, dubbed the "Permian Pompeii" after the Roman city that was buried in ash,...
View ArticlePrehistoric forest found preserved in China
An entire forest over 298 million years old has been discovered buried underneath a coal mine. The forest is so well preserved that scientists are cal…
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Totoro Piggy Bank
The keeper of the forest can keep your money safe. Flickr user Mariana Rojas added this adorable color scheme to a piggy bank. Link -via Offbeat Home
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How Smokey Bear Helped Win World War II
Only you can prevent forest fires, but only Smokey could help us topple the Axis powers. © CORBIS Forest fires posed a terrifying threat during World War II. Fighting wildfires required huge chunks of...
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The Decapitating, Rat-Eating Clocks of the Black Forest
As the full title says, these are not your grandmother’s cuckoo clocks! Justin Miller has been fascinated with cuckoo clocks of the Black Forest since he was a child. He tells us about the origins of...
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Bialowieza Forest
Before humans arrived in Europe, the continent was covered in forest. The largest remaining part of that original woodland is Bialowieza Forest, which spans the borders of Poland and Belarus. At least...
View ArticleCould palm trees grow in the Antarctic ?
If climate change continues then the Antarctic could be transformed in to a lush forest zone. The prediction comes following the discovery by scientis…
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