She Studied How Foresting Affects Pollinators

Kim Ballare was a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service until her federal grant “got snatched away.”

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His Parents Disappeared. In a TV Studio, He Confessed to Killing Them.

After investigators came looking, Lorenz Kraus told a reporter he had strangled Franz and Theresia Kraus eight years ago. Two bodies were buried in their backyard.

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Struggles for Free Expression on Campus

Readers, including the author Jhumpa Lahiri, respond to the Barnard president’s guest essay about speakers at universities. Also: The benefits of trees.

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Forget ‘Love Island.’ Tennessee Has an Isle of Goats.

Eco-grazing goats help clear overgrowth worldwide. But rare is the herd that has to get to work by boat.

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Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?

Maine’s Board of Pesticides Control says two summer residents poisoned a neighbor’s trees so the couple, both Martha Stewart associates, could have a harbor view. They deny it.

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Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California

Giant sequoias can live for thousands of years, but wildfires have killed staggering numbers of the trees in recent years.

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Poor Amazon Rains Linked to Brazil Deforestation

Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study.

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He Photographed Some of New York’s Extraordinary Trees

For Alex Kent, taking pictures of some of the city’s beautiful trees was humbling. The best time to capture them, he said, is sunrise or sunset.

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In the Intimate ‘Arborlogues,’ You Perform for a Tree

“You don’t need to make the giant, multimillion dollar thing to have an impact,” said Dan Daly, a co-creator of the climate-themed “Arborlogues.”

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As Heat Waves Intensify, Paris Plans for Record Temperatures

City planners say the day when temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 Celsius, could stall the French capital is not far off. They are already starting to prepare.

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