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Spanish moss on bald cypress trees

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Majestic sequoias in Sequoia National Park. (trees; sunlight; forest; conifers; sequoia tree)

Saving the World’s Largest Trees

Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

Do Plants Feel Pain?

Anemone coronaria, the poppy anemone, Spanish marigold, or windflower, is a species of flowering plant.

What’s the Difference Between Angiosperms and Gymnosperms?

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Sunlight shining on leaves. Photosynthesis

What Does Photosynthesis Produce?

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Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

Bristlecone pine (Pinus Longaeva) on the slope of Mount Washington in Great Basin National Park in the Nevada desert.

How Can Some Trees Survive for Thousands of Years?

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Cuban Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) single adult male, Zapata peninsula, Cuba, Caribbean.Bee hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world.

Queen Mab’s Stable: 7 of the Smallest Animals

Gerald R. Ford playing golf during a working vacation on Mackinac Island in Michigan, July 13, 1975. Gerald Ford.

9 U.S. Presidents with the Most Vetoes

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

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Also Known As	Cupressus

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Italian cypress

Spanish moss on bald cypress trees

Kayaker in Okefenokee Swamp

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Bhutan cypress Monterey cypress Italian cypress Christmas tree Cupressaceae juniper false cypress cypress pine arborvitae African cypress Sequoia Tasmanian cedar red cedar canoe cedar

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Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)

Trees: Giants Holding the Sky

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous

Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)

Trees of the World

Demystified

Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

Do Plants Feel Pain?