Balsa trees grow fast, averaging 10+ feet per year, so this is a more sustainable alternative to graphene and carbon nanotubes. We’re excited to see what comes of this hack of nature.

Upon arrival, early Rapanui settlers would have planted the plants that they brought with them: banana trees ... using a balsa raft named Kon Tiki, he drifted 4,300 nautical miles for three ...

It's 3:45 in the afternoon, and I'm perched on a hundred-foot makeshift tower overlooking a scruffily majestic Ochroma pyramidale tree of about ... and Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft.

It wasn't the first time long-range raft travel had been tested in open seas — in 1947, the Kon-Tiki ... a little-known fact about the female balsa tree. Ron Creber at the Ballina Maritime ...

This allowed the tiny balsa dinosaur to really take off, flying long enough to have some very close encounters with buildings and trees.

The agreement was signed by his son on behalf of Oslo's Kon-Tiki museum and Chile's culture ministry in Santiago. The artefacts include carved pieces and human bones from the Pacific island.

But instead, Hill didn’t touch the ground for 738 days, far surpassing the previous record for the longest tree sit of 90 ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Trees are incredible survivors in spite of the challenges from pests of all kinds, including us! They are vulnerable to injuries such as mechanical wounds from lawn equipment, ...

Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...

Sep. 24, 2024 — The Eiffinger's tree frog found in Japan has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental stages to reduce the risk of ...

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She also has hosted videos on DIY home tips and solutions and launc... Trees are great assets to properties. They add shade and beauty while controlling erosion. But when a tree is no longer ...