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Can a plant live without photosynthesizing?
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Why Did I Hear Popcorn Sounds In the Recent Extreme Heat Wave?
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When temperatures crank up, an unusual ecological adaptation begins to play out among our native Monterey pine. We explain why in our latest installment of our reader-funded Ask The Naturalist column.
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Why does fall excite so many sensory memories? Olfactory scientists explain.
California Scientists Release a Fly to Control a Landscape-Suffocating Invasive Ivy
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A landscape engulfed in Cape ivy is difficult to take in. Scientists are turning to the plant's natural enemy: a small South African fly.