1+ week, 4+ day ago   (828+ words) WorldAtlas In southeast Alaska, researchers worked out which way storms blew four centuries ago. They did it by noting which way the fallen trunks pointed. A forest that leans one way is a record, and what it records changes every…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (570+ words) WorldAtlas Black bears are remarkably adaptable animals, but they remain closely tied to forests above all else. Thick cover gives them places to rest and raise cubs, while berries, nuts, insects, and wildlife found throughout the wooded landscape keep them…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (278+ words) What is actually going on involves a specific rock, a trade-off that most trees cannot afford, and a scientific consensus that has shifted in the last decade. Two additional properties are important and have opposite effects. Dolomite's pale color reflects…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (570+ words) The blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, was first observed in 1904 at the Bronx Zoo in New York, almost certainly arriving on imported Japanese chestnut stock. Asian chestnuts had evolved alongside it and were tolerant. American chestnuts had no defense at all....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1210+ words) worldatlas.com The process of creating a forest from seed can take decades or even centuries. But when trees have the ability to clone themselves, a forest can spring up in a few seasons. Botanists have cataloged roughly 60,000 tree species…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1155+ words) Here is where they actually are, which species, and why the bite statistics are far less alarming than the sentences above. The Gulf Islands National Seashore is the best-documented case in the country, largely because University of Florida extension staff…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1142+ words) WorldAtlas The native fish of the American West have taken a brutal beating. A century of dams, water diversions, drought, and introduced species pushed dozens of them toward oblivion, and the region's trout, chub, and salmon are among the most…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (264+ words) A single bolt of lightning can travel for miles across the sky before it ever reaches the ground. It is essentially a giant electrical spark created inside a thunderstorm. Strong winds toss water droplets, ice crystals, and tiny bits of…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1179+ words) WorldAtlas North Carolina's beaches not only feature on local shark-infested beach lists, but some also make an appearance on world ranking lists. Emerald Isle has several historical shark-bite records and lies along a coast that is seasonally used by numerous…...