HEAR BACK. FIREFIGHTERS IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH RESCUED A BIRD STUCK IN A TREE. CHECK OUT THESE IMAGES FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. OFFICIALS SAY THE HERON WAS FOUND IN DISTRESS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN WITH ...

The authors begin with Leonardo da Vinci's observation that trees limbs preserve their thickness as they branch. The parameter α, known as the radius scaling exponent in self-similar branching ...

Trees are loosely fractal, branching forms that repeat the same patterns at smaller and smaller scales from trunk to branch tip. Jingyi Gao and Mitchell Newberry examine scaling of branch ...

via Wikimedia Commons Several bird species are known for their exceptional mimicry skills. The Common Potoo, native to Central and South America, is renowned for its ability to blend seamlessly with ...

You’ve probably seen it on television before. A large animal like a buffalo allows smaller animals like birds to pick through their fur while remaining unbothered. It may seem strange, but these ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees. Trees are loosely ...

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For example, the effect of branch density in the local neighborhood depended on both surrounding tree species richness and plot-level vegetation density. Similarly, visibility-enhancing factors ...

referring to ongoing debates about where this species fits in the bird family tree. The new study finally provides strong evidence that Vegavis belongs among the anseriforms — the group including ...