Starting at Harvard and Falling for Your First Tree

A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity.
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New interactive avian tree of life lets you trace 11,000 bird species back through time

Imagine zooming out on a giant family tree that includes every bird you have ever seen. Ostriches sprint across open plains, ...
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A tree that lived up to its name: ‘The Monarch’ ruled over an old growth forest for generations

“The Monarch” presided as the crowned sovereign of the 49-acre Old Growth Forest at Hartwick Pines State Park for years. It ...

World’s largest tree: General Sherman is about 2200 years old and its trunk weighs nearly 1400 tonnes

The world’s largest tree by volume stands in a fenced clearing in Sequoia National Park, California, where the air is thinner and cooler than the valley below. Visitors walk a paved trail and arrive ...