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Finally the answer to the mystery surrounding these 1000-year-old trees

For millions of years, mighty baobabs have stood guard over three different lands, asking each other an existential question: Who came first? Giant trees with swollen trunks and short canopies are clearly visible. Baobabs can live for more than 1,000 years and act as a keystone species in dry forest environments in Madagascar, part of… Read More »

Grizzly bears to be reintroduced to Washington state after years of debate

Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascades mountain range, the federal government said this week; This decision came after years of bitterly divided debate. But given that the complex process requires trapping the bears, transporting them by truck and transporting them by helicopter from British Columbia or northwestern Montana, it could still… Read More »