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A forest’s ability to regenerate after devastating wildfires, droughts or other disturbances depends largely on seed production.

During the last ice age, glaciers covered vast portions of North America.

Millions of monarch butterflies migrate each fall to a specific cluster of mountain peaks in central Mexico.

Seagrass beds are un­derwater oases. Now researchers have discovered vast amounts of sugars underneath seagrass meadows. 

When faced with conditions that are too dry, salty, or cold, most plants try to conserve resources.