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  • Palo Santo trees (Bursera graveolens) on Floreana Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador. The palo santo is related to frankincense, and the sap contains an aromatic resin. Palo Santo loose their leaves during the dry season to help stop water loss.
    Palo_Santo_trees_82110FbbP2-163-Edit.jpg
  • Palo Santo trees (Bursera graveolens) on Floreana Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador. The palo santo is related to frankincense, and the sap contains an aromatic resin. Palo Santo loose their leaves during the dry season to help stop water loss.
    Palo_Santo_trees_82110FbbP-109.jpg
  • Palo Santo trees (Bursera graveolens) on Floreana Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador. The palo santo is related to frankincense, and the sap contains an aromatic resin. Palo Santo loose their leaves during the dry season to help stop water loss.
    Palo_Santo_trees_82110FbbP-109-Edit.jpg
  • Rare fan palm trees (Livistona endauensis) along the Dato Ghani Trail in Endau-Rompin National Park. These trees, discovered in 1985, are a threatened species, endemic to only this park in Malaysia and a small region along the Malaysian coast.
    fan_palm_trees_Livistona_endauensis1...jpg
  • Rare fan palm trees (Livistona endauensis) along the Dato Ghani Trail in Endau-Rompin National Park. These trees, discovered in 1985, are a threatened species, endemic to only this park in Malaysia and a small region along the Malaysian coast.
    fan_palm_trees_Livistona_endauensis1...jpg
  • Rare fan palm trees (Livistona endauensis) along the Dato Ghani Trail in Endau-Rompin National Park. These trees, discovered in 1985, are a threatened species, endemic to only this park in Malaysia and a small region along the Malaysian coast.
    fan_palm_trees_Livistona_endauensis1...jpg
  • Quacking aspen trees stand dormant on a winter night on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Northeast Oregon.
    winter_trees_at_night_DurHM219.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPl-8.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPl-7.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPl-6.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPl-3.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPl-26.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPl-2.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPl-16.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPl-15.jpg
  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
    hybrid_poplar_tree_farm_102807PPI_P2.jpg
  • Genovesa Island from the beach with prickly pear trees (Opuntia echios) and Palo Santo trees (Bursera graveolens). Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.
    desert_beach_82310GNv4-143-Edit.jpg
  • Genovesa Island from the beach with prickly pear trees (Opuntia echios) and Palo Santo trees (Bursera graveolens). Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.
    vintage_galapagos82310GNv4-143-Edit-...jpg
  • fog among trees in the coastal mountains at sunrise. Clatsop State Forest, Oregon.
    forest_fog_11208OCm-15.jpg
  • Water course with waterlillies and cypress trees in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refge, Georgia. June 1999
    okefenokee_waterway-MDurham97.jpg
  • Douglas fir trees clad in a light dusting of snow. From Lostine Ridge in the Wallowa Mountains.
    frozen_forest_DurHM215.jpg
  • Juvenile trees in the Tillamook State Forest, Oregon. The area was extensively burned in a series of forest fires starting in 1933 which are now called the Tillamook Burn. The forest was replanted from 1949 to 1973 in the largest reforestation project of its kind.
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  • Ponderosa pine forest after a controlled burn designed to clear underbrush and other fuels from the forest floor. Regular controlled burns keep dry fuels and flammable brush from accumilating to such a degree that fires will devolve into super hot , uncontrolled conflagrations that kill trees.
    controlled_burn_102508MTR3.jpg
  • fog among trees in the coastal mountains at sunrise. Clatsop State Forest, Oregon.
    forest_fog_11208OCm-9.jpg
  • Coastal erosion uncovers 2000 year old tree stumps, called the "Ghost Forest" near Neskowin, along the Oregon coast. The stumps were once part of an inland forest that was eventually flooded by the surf and preserved under the sand.
    neskowin_ghost_forest_41308GFb-62.jpg
  • Coastal erosion uncovers 2000 year old tree stumps, called the "Ghost Forest" near Neskowin, along the Oregon coast. The stumps were once part of an inland forest that was eventually flooded by the surf and preserved under the sand.
    neskowin_ghost_forest_41308GFb-51.jpg
  • Coastal erosion uncovers 2000 year old tree stumps, called the "Ghost Forest" near Neskowin, along the Oregon coast. The stumps were once part of an inland forest that was eventually flooded by the surf and preserved under the sand.
    neskowin_ghost_forest_41308GFb-49.jpg
  • Coastal erosion uncovers 2000 year old tree stumps, called the "Ghost Forest" near Neskowin, along the Oregon coast. The stumps were once part of an inland forest that was eventually flooded by the surf and preserved under the sand.
    neskowin_ghost_forest_41308GFb-66.jpg
  • Coastal erosion uncovers 2000 year old tree stumps, called the "Ghost Forest" near Neskowin, along the Oregon coast. The stumps were once part of an inland forest that was eventually flooded by the surf and preserved under the sand.
    neskowin_ghost_forest_41308GFb-63.jpg
  • Coastal erosion uncovers 2000 year old tree stumps, called the "Ghost Forest" near Neskowin, along the Oregon coast. The stumps were once part of an inland forest that was eventually flooded by the surf and preserved under the sand.
    neskowin_ghost_forest_41308GFb-19.jpg
  • A raccoon (Procyon lotor) peers between two large cedar tree trunks near Forest Park in Portland, Oregon.
    raccoon_at_night_DurHM190_1.jpg
  • Ancient rainforest in Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia. Untouched by the ice ages, these forests are the oldest known on earth. The foreground large buttress tree on the right is Anisoptera curtisii.
    malaysia_jungle_102806ERNP2.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-272.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-173.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-172.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-150.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-138.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-134.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-124.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-110.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-106.jpg
  • A red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) stripping away the resin duct from a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    22514rv-213.jpg
  • A red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    22514rv-205.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-278.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-270.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-268.jpg
  • A young (31day old) red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-247.jpg
  • A young (31day old) red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-246.jpg
  • A young (31day old) red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-245.jpg
  • A young (31day old) red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-242.jpg
  • A young (31day old) red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-241.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-228.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-220.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-219.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-206.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-197.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-192.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-174.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-153.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-152.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle. Note the parasitic mites around the eye.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-144.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle. Note the parasitic mites around the eye.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-143.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-140.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-133.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-132.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-127.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-123.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-121.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-109.jpg
  • A red tre vole (Arborimus longicaudus) mom and her 30 day old offspring. Red tree voles are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree-tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    22514rv-236.jpg
  • A red tre vole (Arborimus longicaudus) mom and her 30 day old offspring. Red tree voles are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree-tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    22514rv-234.jpg
  • A red tre vole (Arborimus longicaudus) mom and her 30 day old offspring. Red tree voles are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree-tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    22514rv-231.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-263.jpg
  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-257.jpg
  • A female red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) among Douglas fir needles. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    Red_Tree_vole_21414rv-135.jpg
  • A red tre vole (Arborimus longicaudus) mom and her 30 day old offspring. Red tree voles are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree-tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    22514rv-229.jpg
  • A red tre vole (Arborimus longicaudus) mom and her 30 day old offspring. Red tree voles are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree-tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
    22514rv-237.jpg
  • The Clatsop State Forest, at 1600 feet in the coast range of northern Oregon, after a rare snow storm.
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  • The sun rising over the coastal mountains of Oregon.
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  • The sun rising over the coastal mountains of Oregon.
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  • Sunrise in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. © Michael Durham.
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  • Biscayne National Park, Florida.
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  • Fort Mountain State Park in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia.
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  • Biscayne National Park, Florida.
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  • Sunrise in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. © Michael Durham.
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  • Biscayne National Park, Florida.
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  • Biscayne National Park, Florida.
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  • Misty mountains in the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennesssee.
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  • Fog in the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
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  • Fog in the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
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  • Woods in the Cherokee National Forest near Sugarloaf Creek, Tennessee.
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  • fog settles into the valleys of the coastal mountains at sunrise. Clatsop State Forest, Oregon.
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  • The Clatsop State Forest, at 1600 feet in the coast range of northern Oregon, after a rare snow storm.
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  • The Clatsop State Forest, at 1600 feet in the coast range of northern Oregon, after a rare snow storm.
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  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
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  • A fall storm moves across the prairie as seen from an quacking aspen stand on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
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  • Biscayne National Park, Florida.
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  • Biscayne National Park, Florida.
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  • Buck Lake surrounded by forest on the flanks of Mount Hood. Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon. © Michael Durham.
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  • A statue of William Jennings Bryan in front of the the still active yet preserved courtroom in the Rhea County courthouse, in Dayton tennessee where the Scopes trial occured in 1925.. In that year, a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. <br />
The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side. William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate for the Democrats, argued for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow, the famed defense attorney, spoke for Scopes. The trial publicized the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy which set modernists, who said evolution was consistent with religion, against fundamentalists who said the word of God as revealed in the Bible took priority over all human knowledge. The case was thus seen as both a theological contest and a trial on whether modern science regarding the creation-evolution controversy should be taught in schools.
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