Heavyweight trees are forest champs at sequestering carbon
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Global forest science research center moves from Harvard to the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
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Largest snake the world has ever seen is being brought back to life by Smithsonian Channel
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Fancy footwork and non-stick leg coating helps spiders not stick to their own webs
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Wayne Clough & Carlos Jaramillo, at a research site near the Panama Canal.
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Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru
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Members of small monkey groups more likely to fight, researchers find
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Reptiles may be spreading deadly amphibian disease in the tropics
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Research team to explore how microbial diversity defends against disease
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Air pollution is fertilizing tropical forests
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Tree dwelling animals were first to fly, study shows
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What makes rainforests unique? History, not ecology.
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Ability to raft with flotsam and use non-reef habitats helps tropical fish journey to new places, study finds
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New 20-foot extinct species of crocodile discovered in Colombian coal mine
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Hitchhiking snails fly from ocean to ocean
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Increased tropical forest growth may result in release of stored carbon in the soil
