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Learn about Earth's biodiversity and natural resources. Plus: Explore national parks and state wilderness areas.

  • Was Darwin wrong about coral atolls?

    Tue, May 14, 2013 10:10 AM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet

    A new study shows that coral reef-building is more complex than Darwin thought.

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  • Carrizo Plain: Exploring 'the Serengeti of the West'

    Carrizo Plain: Exploring 'the Serengeti of the West'

    Mon, May 13, 2013 2:26 PM

    Carrizo Plain National Monument — which is hot and dry for much of the year — is a bountiful but fragile ecosystem in California.

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  • World's most beautiful eternal flame reveals new gas source

    Mon, May 13, 2013 9:29 AM by Douglas Main, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet

    The flame may indicate that the U.S. has more shale gas options than was originally believed.

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  • Incurable disease threatens U.S. citrus crop

    Sun, May 12, 2013 11:40 AM by Marc Lallanilla, LiveScience

    A tree affected by citrus greening will lose its leaves, while the tree's fruit fails to mature, falling to the ground prematurely before the tree slowly dies.

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  • Ice-free Arctic? It's closer than you think

    Fri, May 10, 2013 10:13 AM by Denise Chow, LiveScience

    2.2 to 3.6 million years ago the Arctic was a forested landscape, and scientists are hoping this data will help with climate change models.

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  • Google Timelapse reveals an altered Earth

    Thu, May 09, 2013 3:57 PM by Russell McLendon

    The search giant has teamed up with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to create a stunning time-lapse look at humanity's effect on Earth over 28 years.

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  • Mexico's monolith is tallest free-standing rock on Earth

    Thu, May 09, 2013 12:25 PM by Crystal Gammon, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet

    The giant rock probably formed about 8.7 million years ago making it much younger than scientists first thought.

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  • New 'Red List' will ID ecosystems at risk

    Thu, May 09, 2013 10:14 AM by Becky Oskin, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet

    The new ecosystem list will work in tandem with the IUCN's species 'Red List' to better monitor biodiversity.

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  • Sensors to monitor red tide off coast of Maine

    Wed, May 08, 2013 2:50 PM by Douglas Main, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet

    The devices are on the look out for two particular types of algae that can cause death in humans if consumed.

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  • Soak in the solitude at Butano State Park

    Tue, May 07, 2013 6:36 PM by Jaymi Heimbuch

    Take a walk among the redwoods in this serene park in the Santa Cruz mountains.

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  • Amazing video brings Antarctic to life

    Tue, May 07, 2013 4:30 PM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    The icebreaker ship eventually met a colony of penguins that are included in the video as well.

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  • Plants thrive with 'words' of encouragement from each other

    Tue, May 07, 2013 4:20 PM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet

    Plants already communicate via chemicals, but it appears that an 'unknown mechanism' may allow them to also use sounds.

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  • Mongolia gets stolen dinosaur bones back

    Tue, May 07, 2013 10:11 AM by Wynne Parry, LiveScience

    Smuggled fossils have also been found in England and are being returned as well.

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  • Tree's drought distress call heard in lab

    Thu, May 02, 2013 11:31 AM by Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet

    Air bubbles form in a tree when it is trying to suck moisture out of dry ground during droughts.

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  • The state of our nation's parks

    Thu, May 02, 2013 10:05 AM by Jenn Savedge

    National Park Service is documenting conditions of every park to help guide decisions on maintenance and improvements.

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