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Belovezhskaya Forest Geographic distribution of the world's forests by categories of wood Boreal forest Oulanka National Park, Finland: coniferous forest Adirondack Mountains Tropical rainforest Deciduous forest
How bacteria recycle forest litter into minerals
Bohemian waxwing Prescribed fire
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
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Ghost forest along the Lewis Gut - a stream along the coast near Core Point, North Carolina. Photographed in 2022
Ghost Forests Are Becoming the New Haunts of Climate Change
Majestic sequoias in Sequoia National Park. (trees; sunlight; forest; conifers; sequoia tree)
Saving the World’s Largest Trees
Weed. Flower. Taraxacum. Dandelion. T. officinale. Close-up of yellow dandelion flowers.
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San Francisco, California/USA-1/18/20: Womens March at Civic Center marching with signs of political protest regarding equality also embracing 2020 presidential candidates and celebrating equality
How Does the U.S. Government Define the Difference Between a Protest and a Riot?
Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.
6 Lakes That Are Drying Up
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan
6 Animals That Eat Their Mates
Portion of the Aleppo Codex, a manuscript of the Hebrew Bible written in the Hebrew language in the 10th century CE; in the Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Why Do Languages Die?
Wasp spider. Argiope bruennichi. Orb-weaver spider. Spiders. Arachnid. Cobweb. Spider web. Spider's web. Spider silk. Black and yellow striped wasp spider spinning a web.
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Car with a pickle design in the Zagreb Red Bull Soapbox Race, Zagreb, Croatia, September 14, 2019. (games, races, sports)
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Spotted deer knocked down by vehicle on Cuddalore-Puducherry road • May 31, 2025, 2:51 AM ET (The Hindu)
Some forests are now releasing more carbon than they store • May 24, 2025, 10:33 PM ET (Earth.com)
Carcass of male elephant found in Erode forest • May 21, 2025, 11:14 AM ET (The Hindu)

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Belovezhskaya Forest
Geographic distribution of the world's forests by categories of wood
Boreal forest
Oulanka National Park, Finland: coniferous forest
Adirondack Mountains
Tropical rainforest
Deciduous forest
Bohemian waxwing
Prescribed fire
Worldwide distribution of boreal forests.
How bacteria recycle forest litter into minerals
Understanding biomass in forests
How does a forest recover after a wildfire?
How an ecosystem works
Know about the role of fungi in the forest ecosystem, where some digest plant matter, while others team with the plant (mycorrhizal) mutually
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
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