Wild Life shared a very interesting fact about the carnivorous pitcher plant and how it is dangerous to some but gently opens ...

The short-tailed shrew differs from other Adirondack shrews in having a blunter snout, a shorter tail that is less than 25% of the total length, a heavier more cylindrical body, and fleshy feet. The ...

All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...

With a voracious appetite for insects, a long snout, and beady little eyes, the Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is one intriguing mammal. Today, 95 percent of its former one-million-acre wetland and ...

Many new trees do just fine on their own. In fact, the movement they experience from normal wind and weather helps trees develop strong root systems and solid trunk girth. But new trees in open ...

Study Reveals Urban Trees Suffer More from Heat Waves and Drought Than Their Rural Counterparts Aug. 13, 2024 — A recent study details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively ...

The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur. The long, tapered head ends in a flexible, tubular snout, with the ...

Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...

These curbside trees tolerate compacted, infertile soils and the environment found in cities and along streets. Hedge maple (Acer campestre) tolerates urban conditions without succumbing to damage ...

Hang on, we're zipping back through 800,000 generations of your line—a long way down your family tree. Back then your primogenitor was more like a monkey than a chimp, no offense. Ever seen a ...

Another member of the pitcher plant family, Nepenthes lowii, enjoys a special relationship with tree shrews by acting as the small mammal’s toilet. It’s a happy co-existence: the shrews feed ...

Sixty-five million years ago, as the last of the non-avian dinosaurs were going extinct, our earliest recognized ancestors appeared in the fossil record. When, where, and why did they evolve?