In order to highlight the beauty, diversity, and exceptional qualities of our common planet Earth, One Earth's "Species of the Week" series spotlights a relatively obscure and unique species every Wednesday. Imagine traveling through a forest and coming across brightly colored Eucalyptus trees that are so distinctive due to their pungent scent that you would have to … [Read more...] about Rainbow Eucalyptus: The Most Beautiful Tree in the World – It’s Like a Work Of Art
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Dumpy from the popular video It Turns Out The Tree Frog Is Not So Big
What do you call a frog that lies? An am-fib-ian. Sorry to break your huge frog-sized bubble, but Dumpy the Australian White's tree frog's popular video has been altered. The Lucas Peterson-made and -posted video of Dumpy gorging on a banana, peel and all, received 5 million views on TikTok in a single day since it seemed to depict Dumpy at a sizeable size. However, on … [Read more...] about Dumpy from the popular video It Turns Out The Tree Frog Is Not So Big
In Arizona, There is a Petrified Opal Tree Trunk (About 225 Million Years Old)
Petrified wood: what is it? In essence, it is a fossil. Petrification is the process through which a tree or plant that resembles a tree turns into stone through mineralization. It happens when plant matter is buried by silt or volcanic ash and is shielded from decomposition by organisms and oxygen. The original plant material is then replaced by silica, calcite, pyrite, or … [Read more...] about In Arizona, There is a Petrified Opal Tree Trunk (About 225 Million Years Old)
Giant Lion Carved in Three Years by 20 People from a Single Tree Trunk
A single wood trunk was carved into the enormous lion known as the Oriental Lion by 20 individuals over the course of more than three years. The massive redwood stem was carved out by a team led by sculptor Dengding Rui Yao, and it is now on display in Fortune Plaza Times Square in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei Province. Before it was transported a little more than … [Read more...] about Giant Lion Carved in Three Years by 20 People from a Single Tree Trunk
Within a Kazakh Forest, a Transparent House was Constructed Around a Tree
Aibek Almasov, an architect with the A.Masow Design Studio, created a proposal for a contemporary spiritual retreat that would be situated in a forest in the highlands of Almaty, Kazakhstan. The "Tree in the House" idea features a cylindrical, four-story glass chamber with a tree enclosed in the middle. Visitors to the "tree house" can reach the tall area by spiraling upward … [Read more...] about Within a Kazakh Forest, a Transparent House was Constructed Around a Tree