Most animals have their own version of tree rings – here’s how we biologists use them to help species thrive
Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...
Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...
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Virginia-grown White Oak trees are under threat — and so is the world's bourbon supply
The wood from white oaks, many of which are grown in Virginia, are the essential ingredient in the barrels used to age ...
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New American Gothic: Fresh water, feed and maybe a radiator for the animals
Read the latest from Hadley-based columnist . Wit, good humor and observations of a farmer's life just inside the Adirondack Park.
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Shea’s silent guardians restore Uganda’s traditional parklands
In northern Uganda’s Pader district, farmers are working to preserve agricultural landscapes that have fed their communities ...
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On social media, he’s the Saugus GOAT
SAUGUS — Massachusetts is the state of GOATs—both the legends and the livestock. With icons like Tom Brady, Big Papi, Bill Russell, and Bobby Orr, greatness runs deep. But in Saugus, when it comes to ...
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New ‘kids’ on the block: Goat landscapers chow down on invasive species
Last year, another herd successfully landscaped the Crystal Canyon Natural Area before navigating around an unsecured fence — ...
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Exploring Agadir and Essaouira (Not Forgetting The Goats In Trees and Jimi Hendrix!)
The journey towards Agadir provided the most entertaining stop so far as we reached an area of argan trees, filled with furry friends. Goats! Goats in trees! Do goats grow on trees? No…don’t be ...
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In Uganda, a women-led reforestation initiative fights flooding, erosion
In a region like Rwenzori, where many people herd goats, the leaves of Ficus trees are also a source of fodder. Across Uganda, people also value Dracaena species for its medicinal properties ...
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Gather Farm in Johnston offers year-round goat hikes
JOHNSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A farm in Johnston is offering a new way to engage goats. Gather Farm on Greenville Avenue is offering year-round goat hikes. The goats' owner, Aidan Simmons, said the ...
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Why people hang toast on trees in quirky Welsh town
If you've visited Chepstow in recent days you might have noticed loads of toast in trees beside the town's famous castle. As is tradition in the quirky Monmouthshire border town toast has been ...