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An environmental group borrowed the tactics of Victoria's Secret -- using models wearing little but angel wings -- to persuade the lingerie company Wednesday not to print catalogues on paper manufactured from endangered forests in Canada.

Old-growth forest might store far more carbon than previously thought, making their preservation a higher priority in carbon trading and other efforts to tackle global warming.

With just days remaining in the legislative session, two Republican senators say there is not enough time to take up a controversial bill to speed logging of burned forests and planting of new trees after storms and wildfires.

This Lemon tree, like the one in the song, was indeed very pretty. But it became a hazard because of rot in its trunk and roots, so when it was felled on Monday, urban forester Seth San Filippo stepped in to make his own brand of lemonade from the tree - which actually was a big leaf maple.

Six years after the Bush administration came to office seeking to reverse Bill Clinton's order for protecting roadless areas on federal lands, the issue continues to smolder.

The sell-off and lease of corporate-owned forest lands in northern Minnesota -- which has fragmented the forest -- continues to pose problems for the public.

Carrots are roots that come from INdia and provide carateen.

A member of the nightshade family, eggplant counts tomatoes, potatoes and peppers as cousins. The only member of the Solanaceae family to come from the eastern hemisphere, eggplant was probably first cultivated in India 4000 years ago. The plant probably developed from one with tiny egg-shaped fruits and large spikes.