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Trees a Thousand Years Old: Unlocking the Secret of a Long Life
Scientists have recently learned why the ginkgo can live for more than a thousand years, and other trees are among the oldest living things on Earth.
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Rats Are Halting the Spread of Toxic Toads
Australian water rats called rakali have learned to eat toxic cane toads safely by precisely removing their non-toxic organs.
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Animals Lost in the Last Century That We Will Never See Again, and One That Came Back
Extinction is far from rare, with an estimated 10,000 species lost each year, and some familiar animals have disappeared within living memory.
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How Animals Are Adapting to City Life
From crows that use cars as nutcrackers in Japan, scientists are learning how city life is changing animal behaviour far faster than evolution usually does.
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Keep Green Plants in the Office to Ease Stress, Study Suggests
Researchers in Japan found that office workers felt less stressed after spending a few minutes looking at a green plant on their desk.
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Modern Humans Came From a Lake Region in Botswana, Study Says
A study places the homeland of all humans alive today at a vanished lake in northern Botswana, though other researchers are sceptical.
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Australia's Bushfires: New Life Emerges From the Ruins
Amid bushfires that killed at least 500 million animals, a photographer captured grass and buds sprouting through the ash in New South Wales.
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Himalayas: Green Cover Grows and Flowers Bloom in the Land of Snow
A satellite study finds vegetation spreading into high Himalayan areas, including the Everest region, where plants had never grown before.
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How Eagles Ran Up a Scientist's Phone Bill
A Russian eagle researcher faced a huge phone bill after one tagged bird flew to Iran and sent text messages on roaming.
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How Many Lions Are Left in the World: Nine Facts You May Not Know
The lion, known as the king of the forest, is now on the endangered list; here are some facts about its roar and its appetite.
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Bananas, Sand, Orbital Space and Three More Things the World Is Running Out Of
Beyond water, oil and bees, other resources are running short, among them the space in orbit around the Earth.
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Villagers in Indonesia Join the Fight to Save Komodo Dragons
Indonesian regional authorities want to close Komodo island to people and move its residents out to protect the world's largest lizard.
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Can Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Mattresses, Food Containers or Cutlery?
New technologies promise to turn carbon dioxide emissions into plastic products, cutting the gas released into the atmosphere.