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  Why Fall Colors Are Different in U.S. and Europe

  Changes during ice ages might explain fall color differences between European and North American trees.

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  Electricity Harvested From Trees

  New devices can be powered by electricity from trees.

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  Scientists See Rare Turtle for First Time in the Wild

  Conservationists hope to protect one of the rarest turtle species.

• FAQ: The Science and History of Wildfires

  Learn what's behind the current blazes in Southern California.

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  Fake Trees Could Combat Global Warming

  Engineers propose a forest of 100,000 fake trees to soak up carbon emissions.

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  Humans Walked After Tree-Climbing Era, Study Indicates

  Many scientists think early humans walked on their knuckles before evolving the ability to walk upright, but a new study suggests they may have bypassed that step.

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  Yosemite Losing Its Big Trees

  Yosemite National Park has lost many of its large trees during the last century, possibly due to a warmer climate, a new study found.

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  Before Dinosaurs, the First Tree-Climber Revealed

  Before dinosaurs arrived, trees were the ultimate refuge from predators

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  Pitcher Plant Doubles as Toilet

  A tropical pitcher plant feeds on an animal's feces.

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  Tree Shrew Lavatory

  A tree shrew licks nectar from the underside of the pitcher plant's lid, and if necessary defecates, before scrambling away. On its way out, the mammal wipes its genitals on the leaf to scent mark the plant.

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  The Lost Forests of America

  As deforestation leveled native trees, so too have infestations of disease and insects decimated forests.

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  Earth Checkup: 10 Health Status Signs

  A look at how Earth is fairing and what progress has been made to cure its ills.

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  Why Leaves Turn Red

  Scientists have long wondered if the red color of fall leaves was more than just a sign of death.

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  New Spiders and Frogs Discovered in Papua New Guinea

  Expedition in Papua New Guinea finds new species of spiders, frogs and geckoes.

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  Taking the Pulse of the Forest

  Goal: Try and figure out how forest trees use water.

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  Tree Toppling for Science

  Blown-down trees change the dynamics of an ecosystem. Researcher Jim Clark's team deliberately fells parts of a forest to learn precisely how.

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  Rap Music Brings Science to Urban Youth

  I realized I could use rap music to connect urban kids with forests.

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  Scientists Zero In on Earth's Original Animal

  A group of amoeba-shaped creatures could be the closest living surrogate to the ancestor of all animals.

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  Guam's Birds Gone: Can Forest Survive?

  Can forests that have lost all of their birds still function normally?

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  Tree Deaths Double in Western U.S. Forests

  Monitoring of forest plots finds western tree death rates have doubled, likely due to regional warming.

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  Amazon Deforestation: Earth's Heart and Lungs Dismembered

  The demand for beef means large swaths of the Brazilian Amazon are being bulldozed,but the government is making changes.