Albino Redwood
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 11, 2022
Albinism is rare in humans and animals, and it is rarer still in plants, where it manifests as the complete lack of chlorophyll. Because thi...
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The Florescence of Lignum Nephriticum
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 13, 2021
The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III once received a gift from Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit scholar, sometime in the middle of the 17...
Pisonia: The Tree That Kills Birds
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2021
An overwhelming majority of plants depend upon birds and insects for seed dispersal. Plants attract pollinators by releasing aromatic compou...
A Hidden Memorial to Lenin in a Forest
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2020
Vladimir Lenin was a controversial Russian revolutionary leader who has been idolized and demonized in equal proportions since his death in ...
Ethiopia’s Church Forests
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2019
Ethiopia is almost completely depleted of its forest cover. In the early 1900s, nearly forty-five percent of the country was covered by fore...
The Crooked Trees of Hafford
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2019
Approximately twenty kilometers northwest of the town of Hafford, in Saskatchewan, Canada, and just over five kilometers south-west of Altic...
European Trees With The Most Interesting Stories
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 18, 2019
The Environmental Partnership Association (EPA) is seeking votes from the public to help them select the winner of the European Tree of the...
The Hitachi Tree of Moanalua Gardens
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 1, 2018
About 5 miles northwest of downtown Honolulu, is a 24-acre privately-owned park called Moanalua Gardens, best known for its annual Prince Lo...
China’s Ready-Made Urban Forests
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 8, 2018
Since the past few years, the Chinese government has been planting thousands of trees in cities across the country hoping to create an urban...
The Eufala Oak The Owns Itself
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2018
There once stood a huge oak tree near the center of Eufala, a small city in Alabama, the United States. The 65-foot-tall tree was the city’s...
The World’s Loneliest Tree, And The Clues it Holds to a New Epoch
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2018
In the remote Campbell Island, situated more than 600 km south of New Zealand’s mainland, grows a solitary Sitka spruce that has gained dist...
Why is Water Pouring Out of This Tree in Montenegro?
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 16, 2018
The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty recently shared a video about a unique natural phenomenon in a village called Dinoša, located in southe...
Newton's Apple Tree in Lincolnshire
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2017
The story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple is one of the most famous anecdotes in science. The young Isaac Newton was sitting under...
The Kauri Driving Dams
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2017
The Kauaeranga Valley in New Zealand's North Island was once covered in vast kauri forests. The trees were immense with thick, straight ...
The Witness Trees of The American Civil War
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 31, 2017
Across the United States there are hundreds and thousands of trees that have stood around for many centuries and bore witness to the history...
Elche, The City of Palm Trees
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 23, 2017
In the city of Elche, in Spain, there is a large grove of palm trees that’s the only one of its kind in Europe, and one of the largest palm ...
Stock im Eisen: Vienna’s Nail Tree
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2017
At the corner of the extravagant 19th century mansion, Palais Equitable, in the city of Vienna, Austria, is a glass case behind which is the...
The “Lone Pine” Trees Growing Across Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2017
Many war memorials across Australia have pine trees growing in their grounds. These trees are called “Lone Pines”, and their ancestry can be...
The Pines That Lean Towards The Equator
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2017
Most trees grow vertically straight, but under challenging conditions where individuals have to compete for light, or when mechanical stress...
Coco de mer: The Forbidden Fruit
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2017
In the islands of Praslin and Curieuse, in the Seychelles, grows one of the most exclusive palm trees in the world. The coco de mer ( Lodoic...
