Black History Month: The Emancipation Oak is symbolic of African American Freedom
One of the 10 greatest trees in the world is still holding strong — and with a remarkable tale of strength to pair with it.
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Ecology, Management of Invasive Prosopis Trees in Eastern Africa
CABI has published a new book that explores the ecology and management of invasive Prosopis juliflora trees which have severely impacted landscapes and the livelihoods of pastoral communities in ...
How a breeding network could build a genetic pathway to more productive and climate-smart livestock in Africa
Through strategic investment and collaboration, African livestock systems can harness tools such as genomic technologies and ...
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 ...
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Uganda community group restores shea groves and livelihoods
As the early morning mist lifts over the plains of northern Uganda, women gather at the Pader Shea Nut and Agro-processing ...
UF/IFAS researchers working to prevent a disease threatening chocolate
Phytophthora-infected cacao pods develop lesions, which eventually host white fluffy growth before the pods shrivel into a ...
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Darfur’s women refugees lead reforestation of war-blighted Sudan–Chad borderland
In the dry and windswept plains of the Adré refugee camp in eastern Chad, a grove of young neem trees stands as a testament ...