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The recent planting drive marks only one stage in a restoration process that has taken years of planning. (DVIDS photo) Eight years after California’s Ranch Fire destroyed vast stretches of forest, efforts to restore the landscape are now taking shape, Defence Visual Information Distribution Service reported. This spring, the US Forest Service, along with nonprofit…

Image: Universities of Alicante and Zaragoza Deep inside a cave in eastern Spain, archaeologists have uncovered one of the largest collections of Roman cave inscriptions ever found. Hidden more than 200 metres from the entrance of Cova Dones near Millares, Valencia, the inscriptions reveal that the underground chamber was not simply a place of worship;…

Quote of the day by Giorgia Meloni (AP photo) Being dismissed by other people rarely feels like an advantage in the moment. Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s first woman prime minister, argued that it can genuinely become one. “To the women of this nation I want to say that being underestimated is a great advantage, because often…

Greenland sharks entered popular science writing on the strength of one number, 400 years. Some individuals swimming in the North Atlantic today were alive during Isaac Newton’s lifetime, born centuries before anyone thought to ask how old a shark could get. That figure alone would be enough to make the species a fixture of “strange…

In 1996, British publisher Felix Dennis planted a small wood near his home in Dorsington, Warwickshire, without any idea that it would grow into one of the largest privately planted forests in England. What started as a personal project soon turned into something far bigger. Dennis wanted to bring native broadleaf trees back to a…

For centuries, the Haenyeo, South Korea’s legendary “sea women”, have ventured into the cold waters surrounding Jeju Island armed with nothing more than a knife, a floating buoy and their ability to hold their breath. Many continue diving well into their 60s, 70s and even 80s, harvesting abalone, sea urchins, octopus and shellfish without scuba…

For nearly six decades, Eddie Smith Jr. devoted his life to rescuing and rebuilding Grady-White Boats, a struggling North Carolina boat manufacturer that was on the verge of bankruptcy when he bought it in 1968. Working up to 100 hours a week, investing his personal savings and sacrificing much of his personal life, Smith transformed…

Forests with more tree species appear to be improving faster over time, according to a new global study published in Nature Climate Change. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02698-7By tracking forest photosynthesis across two decades, researchers found that biodiversity does more than support healthy ecosystems in the present: it also helps forests strengthen their ability to absorb carbon as the…

How beetles and crabs help forests spread seeds When we think about how forests grow and regrow, we often think about colorful birds carrying berries or monkeys dropping fruit seeds. For a long time, these animals have been known as nature’s seed dispersers, carrying seeds far from the parent plant and helping forests grow. But…

Representative Image of microalgae cultivation powered by whisky industry byproducts (AI-generated image) A Scottish biotech company is trying to solve a problem at the heart of the global omega-3 supply chain: the fact that most omega-3 fatty acids used in pet food, aquaculture feed and human supplements still come from wild-caught fish, even though fish…