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![Aerial view of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq at sunset, front view the top of the glacier](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7cmFzX7Q2xftwDrmnVc6nc-320-80.jpg)
Fossils from Greenland's icy heart reveal it was a green tundra covered in flowers less than 1 million years ago
By James Bonthron published
Greenland was almost completely ice-free at some point in the last one million years, fossilized flowers from a core sample taken from the center of the island reveal.
![composite image showing the manchineel tree, the woolemi pine and the coco de mer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H8LsdPVi3qhTgNr4wj2WKQ-320-80.jpg)
3 remarkable trees: A living fossil, a deadly canopy, and the world's biggest seeds that were once mounted in gold by royals
By Christina Harrison, Tony Kirkham published
"Sailors believed they grew underwater at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, and it was thought that male trees uprooted themselves on stormy nights and walked to find female trees, embracing them to pollinate their large flowers."
![A photo showing a forest of trees in orange, hazy wildfire light](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xFNDzcfN678QZQkZCfHVFG-320-80.jpg)
Even trees 'hold their breath' to avoid harmful wildfire smoke, research finds
By Delphine Farmer, Mj Riches published
Trees don't like to breathe wildfire smoke, either.
![A tree in a dark sinkhole with a hole in the top showing blue sky and clouds.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dpoLsxZq5iBmUpZoVs58tc-320-80.jpg)
Massive sinkholes in China hold 'heavenly' forests with plants adapted for harsh life underground
By Sascha Pare published
Plants growing at the bottom of sinkholes in China's Dashiwei Tiankeng Group don't take up as much carbon as surface plants do, but they have much higher levels of nutrients in their tissues.
![a close-up of wild strawberries and blueberries](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YW6i8cSudpY5ikEyPAFQWb-320-80.jpg)
Why do strawberries have seeds on the outside?
By Laura Geggel published
While it may initially appear that strawberries are fruits covered in seeds, this is not actually the case.
![Aerial view of the cyclad species](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2RhgaQ9PhpL4VaBtLVjzFf-320-80.jpg)
World's loneliest tree species can't reproduce without a mate. So AI is looking for one hidden in the forests of South Africa.
By Richard Pallardy published
A single specimen of an ancient tree species was found in 1895. Now scientists are using AI to find it a mate.
![Three panels showing different desert flower blooms with dew drops on the petals](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hzuEEfmurvoXWwbeeFpnw7-320-80.jpg)
See stunning photos of the Atacama Desert — the driest on Earth — blooming in winter for 1st time in a decade
By María de los Ángeles Orfila published
"This very arid soil houses a treasure," ecologist María Fernanda Pérez told Live Science after the Atacama Desert produced a rare winter bloom.
![Lush forest filled with tall Mountain Ash and ferns, located in the Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LXkY5DGmDUMADoUmysWv87-320-80.jpg)
Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia
By Emma Bryce published
Project seeks to protect ancient tree lineages that have survived from a time before Earth’s continents broke apart.
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