Most animals have their own version of tree rings. Here's how we biologists use them to help species thrive
We have a natural fascination with time—how landscapes have been carved over millennia, how our bodies grow and sag with age, ...
Scientists analyze branch patterns in trees and art, from da Vinci to Mondrian
The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...
Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a tree makes in a few thick branches versus many thin ones. Trees have evolved ...
Are these the last days of Brazil's realm of hidden wonder?
The world’s largest agricultural boom is transforming a vast savanna of hidden wonders. Here’s what happens when progress ...
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