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Alarming the decline of old trees
The largest trees in the world are dying: The mortality rate of trees aged 100-300 years is growing alarmingly.
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Biology
Poisonous mushrooms mysteriously cause murder in America
Two elderly people died in the US and four were poisoned after eating mushrooms at a nursing home on November 12.
Biology
Detecting bacterial 'forest' in human navel
Human umbilical cord is a place to support a microbial ecosystem, very similar to the biodiversity of tropical forests, according to a new study.
Biology
Datura can make people nude
Datura may have caused a monk to take off his clothes and perform strange actions in the forest in Germany last week.
Biology
Ants 'diet' for carnivorous plants
Nepenthes bicalcarata live in the nutrient-rich peat forests on Borneo island. It is not a very effective carnivore. Their warm-leaf leaves lack smooth walls and sticky,…
Biology
Mushroom decomposes plastics
Very complex and durable chemical bonding of products made from petrochemical technology helps them resist the ability to break down naturally. It has been estimated tha…
Biology
Forest princess butterflies rarely see thousands of children in Sapa
Several decades of trafficking all over the forest, but this is the first time to meet thousands of large, yellow-brown butterflies flying in the wet sandy beaches along…
Biology
Vietnam's 'flying flowers'
Insects are likened to 'flying flowers' because they often have wings and bodies with vivid colors. In nature this is the group of animals with the most species on earth.
Biology
Huge pumpkin thanks to 'talking to people'
Chatting with regular trees is one of the measures a British gardener makes to create pumpkins with a mass of more than 140kg and bigger than an armchair.
Biology
The only story about pine trees left after the Japanese tsunami
The only survivor in the 70,000 tree pine forest that stands in front of the sea in Rikuzentakata has become a symbol of hope in Japan, when the country struggled in the…
Biology
Two new species of ginger show up in Vietnam
Vietnamese researchers and international colleagues have discovered two new species of ginger that have beautiful flowers in Nghia Hanh district, Quang Ngai province.
Biology
The scavenger flowers bloom again
This exotic flower originates from equatorial tropical forests in Sumatra Province, western Indonesia, and is technically named Indonesia's Giant Calf Tree (Amorphophall…
Biology
Detecting populations of rare and precious conifer trees
Quan Hoa District Forest Protection Department (Thanh Hoa province) has discovered 4 rare and precious conifer trees including Pa Co, Dinh Tung, Thong Tre short leaves,…
Biology
Use bees to chase elephants
When studying African elephants, zoologists have found a way to prevent these giant animals from attacking forested villages and destroying crops. It is the honeycomb fe…
Biology
Accidentally found a giant mushroom nearly half a pound
The mushroom weighing 44kg, diameter 1m and high 50cm, was found by a 70-year-old Mr. Ngo in the forest.