Nature World News: A walk through the woods in the Northeastern United States today reveals the same type of trees the colonial settlers encountered 400 years ago; however, the similarities end there, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE.
"If you only looked at a tree species list, you'd have the impression that Northeast forests haven't changed," Jonathan Thompson, research associate at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and lead author of the new study, said in a statement. "But...