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When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally ...

The "Lone Cedar Tree," where Mormon pioneers supposedly gathered after entering the Salt Lake Valley, died. But it lives on ...

Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...

If pulling a stump out with a truck, the strap could snap somewhere in the middle, or slip off the stump itself, sending it ...

Almost every garden in the UK has at least one tree, and some are more than a century old. It's no wonder, then, that ...

Removing a tree stump can be time consuming and difficult, but if you want to avoid the use of chemicals, which can harm ...

SAN DIEGO — Over the last 10 years or so, I’ve had an on-again, off-again relationship with running. On the one hand, I love it for the mental benefits. My mind always feels clearer after a run and it ...

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few ...

Two local churches were among the winning bidders for Ralph Stout Park’s outgoing playground equipment. The Town of Mountain City auctioned the equipment as 11 separate items on Tuesday, Sept. 9, to ...

City administrators will ask the council a second time for $78,400 to buy a robot to crawl through small sewer pipes in search of blockages that frequently cause backups ...

The Pittsburgh Land Bank wants to strike an agreement that would make it easier to buy tax-delinquent properties for conversion to other uses including affordable housing and community gardens. The ...