The U.S. Department of the Navy has initiated a project designed to help conserve one of Guam's important tree species. The tree is called fadang by the region's indigenous people, and it belongs to a ...
UOG professor Thomas Marler (left) and Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas Natural Resources Specialist James Cronin consider the logistics of removing a fadang tree from a construction site ...
Research on cycad trees in Colombia, Guam, and the Philippines has illuminated how knowledge of their branching behavior may benefit conservation decisions for the endangered plants. In a study ...
Cycads are an ancient group of plants that have been around since the age of dinosaurs. They were dominant plants at that time, but most are currently considered endangered. While there are more than ...
Simply looking at a cycad can take you back in time. The rough, stout trunk rising into a spray of stiff, palm-like leaves can feel better suited to the Late Cretaceous than our modern world, as if a ...
Dr. Kanle Satishchandra Nitin receives funding from the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE). He is affiliated with the Department of Conservation and Marine ...