4th of July is over...Time for XMAS!!!An arborist’s nightmare, the coniferous revenge film turned the tables on everyone’s favorite holiday season by re-casting the humble Christmas Tree as the angry victim of an annual genocide with the time arriving to take revenge on the wielders of the axe. picked by Bornbad 5 months ago

This squirrel was eating fermented pumpkins... picked by Browntrout 3 years ago

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, ch... read full post picked by wags273 2 years ago

This was in the news this morning, and royally ruined my entire day The fledgling barred owl was huddled in a hollow tree in Eureka's Sequoia Park, peering out at passersby who strolled along the nearby park road. Onlookers notified wildlife officials about the young owl's location on Wednesday, and would later report the bird appeared healthy but anxious as it clacked its beak in the forest u... read full post picked by psycmoe 6 months ago

Hairdressers in Bolivia create a nativity by dying and shaping human hair. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

"Holy . . .! Did you see that?" Faletto said after a red-winged blackbird, punctuating his loudly chirped warning with action, fluttered from a tree branch and struck the back of his head with its claws - twice. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A monkey who was forced to climb palm trees by his owner took revenge by killing him with a coconut. picked by fentwin 9 months ago

If you're driving through the high desert of the Southwest — or sitting at home, watching an old episode of Bonanza — you can't miss the Ponderosa pine. It's the signature tree of the mountain West. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Known for building skate parks and shaping the skateboarding scene in New York, Andy Kessler, 48, died this week after an allergic reaction to an insect sting, friends and family told news media. picked by Doggylives 4 months ago

Amazing sight, but sad in the other hand. picked by Mystic 3 years ago

And somewhere in what will eventually become Olympic National Forest, a cedar seed has taken root. Over the next SIX HUNDRED YEARS it grows to a majestic tree. Then these assclowns come along and chop it down picked by moe 2 years ago

A pregnant tiger was recued from a tree she climbed while running from Indian villagers chasing her with rocks & burning sticks. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

A man in southeast China says 40 years of swallowing tree frogs and rats live has helped him avoid intestinal complaints and made him strong. picked by punthe 2 years ago

A draft sequence of the platypus genome reveals reptilian and mammalian elements and provides more evidence for its place in the ancestral line of animal evolution. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Far North Queensland resident Kerry Roberts could hardly believe her eyes as she watched a cannibalistic green-striped frog take on a green tree frog its own size and win. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Paleontologists from the University of Rennes (France) and the ESRF have found the presence of 356 animal inclusions in completely opaque amber from mid-Cretaceous sites of Charentes (France). The team used the X-rays of the European light source to image two kilogrammes of the fossil tree resin with a technique that allows rapid survey of large amounts of opaque amber. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Years ago it was that Christmas lights contained lead. Now Christmas trees contain illegal immigrants... Four of them sneaked their way into the UK by hiding in a giant Christmas tree. picked by henkspaan 1 year ago

On last week’s Heroes premiere, one character learned the shocking truth about his parentage. And he’s hardly the first. When scifi’s heroes and villains start shaking the family tree, a few unexpected branches are sure to tumble down. We collected some of science fiction’s greatest genealogical curveballs. Be prepared for familial spoilers below. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Certainly shaping my life as a current day Anglo-Saxon (Born to English parents in England), and laying the basic history of everyone who ever migrated from England, to the Americas, Australia, and to other places picked by DAVEtheFISH 1 year ago

As children prepare to gather around the Christmas tree to open gift-wrapped toys, lets take a moment to remember some of the toy recalls that companies, parents and even children probably should have seen coming a mile away picked by craziesean 2 years ago