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News •

Scientists discover the hidden “muscles” trees use to straighten themselves • Oct. 31, 2026, 10:44 PM ET (Science Daily)

New England’s having an ‘elite’ year, but there’s fall foliage elsewhere, too • Oct. 16, 2026, 11:53 AM ET (Boston Herald)

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Tall giant sequoia trees with reddish bark and thick trunks rise closely together in a dense forest at Sequoia National Park, California.

A single acacia tree with a wide, flat canopy stands in golden grass on the savanna in Zimbabwe, Africa, with shrubs and trees in the background.

A child stands beneath the massive, sprawling branches of the Angel Oak tree covered in green moss on John's Island, South Carolina.

Fan-shaped green leaves of a Ginkgo biloba tree branch against a softly blurred light background.

Monkey puzzle tree

A Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) tree with dense, blue-green needles stands on a grassy lawn surrounded by other trees and greenery.

Cream-colored magnolia flower in full bloom on a tree branch, surrounded by large, glossy green leaves.

Tall Ponderosa pine trees spaced apart in an open woodland with green underbrush, San Juan National Forest, Colorado.

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Key People

Michurin, Ivan Vladimirovich

Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin

Russian horticulturalist

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)

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Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)

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