quote [ Inside some of our most magnificent trees, miniature worlds are at risk of extinction. The race is on to accelerate trees' ageing process, to save these intricate communities. ]

quote [ The science of controlling marauding, sacred monkeys, from the new book by best-selling author Mary Roach. ]

quote [ Scientists may have cracked an essential secret of shorebirds? marathon migrations. ]

quote [ Tin mining is one of the oldest industries in Malaysia, having been mined for centuries along the river banks. These mines were small and their methods primitive. ]

quote [ These coastal ecosystems are carbon sinks and coastline protectors, and we know how to restore them. Why have we been doing it the wrong way? ]

quote [ ?I?ve been putting my camera down three wells a day,? he said. ?I used to use the word unprecedented to describe what we?re doing to the land. Now I use the word biblical. I could keep my mouth shut and make a lot of money fixing wells between now and the time it all goes to hell. But I wouldn?t be able to look my son, who?s running our farm, in the eye.? ]

quote [ A closer look at the hardy residents of some of our most damaged landscapes. ]

quote [ The U.N. climate panel report released Monday on the physical science of climate change uses five possible scenarios for the future. ]

quote [ While it looks painful, such a maneuver is indeed possible and is a tried and tested way of braking, called whiffling. ]

quote [ Most honeycombs are perfect hexagons?but bees manage complex exceptions. ]