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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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Majestic sequoias in Sequoia National Park. (trees; sunlight; forest; conifers; sequoia tree)
Saving the World’s Largest Trees
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
Weed. Flower. Taraxacum. Dandelion. T. officinale. Close-up of yellow dandelion flowers.
11 Questions About Useful Plants Answered
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Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)
All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
What If the President Is Impeached?
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.
9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

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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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