Scientists used a natural pine scent called pinene to chemically mimic food, easily overriding the natural avoidance ...

If you have been surrounded by the sight and smell of pine trees, you may have taken a closer look at the needles and then wondered how their properties are influenced by rainfall. Researchers are ...

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Smithtown Township Arts Council has announced that it will present its annual Winners Showcase at the Mills Pond Gallery in St. James from May 16 to June 7. The exhibit features t ...

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Ecologists warn that in just 25 years, more than 70 percent of the Southwestern needle leaf evergreen forests, which include ...

Large fires, fueled by a record breaking drought, have been destroying homes and timber plantations in Southeastern states.

A study of university students and recent graduates has revealed that writing on physical paper can lead to more brain activity when remembering the information an hour later. Researchers say that the ...

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Boreal forests, or taiga, are found between 50 ...