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The latest winter storm in southeast Wisconsin took a toll on trees, and many crews remain busy cleaning up the damage.

Nearly one-third of all oak species threatened with extinction, report says by Liz Kimbrough on 12 February 2021 Nearly one-third of all oak species (31%) are considered threatened with extinction, according to a new report. Of all 430 species of oaks, the highest number of species under threat are found in China, Mexico, Vietnam, and the United States, respectively. Globally, agriculture poses the biggest threat to oaks. Urban development, climate change, invasive species, plant diseases, and...

Credit: The Morton Arboretum Lisle, Ill. (Dec. 10) -- An estimated 31% of the worlds oak species are threatened with extinction according to data compiled in a new report by The Morton Arboretum and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Tree Specialist Group, The Red List of Oaks 2020. The report details for the first time the distributions, population trends and threats facing the worlds estimated 430 oak species, and will serve as a roadmap for conservation action. ...

Heres jeanne moos. >> reporter: there have been road rage incidents where someone used their bare hands or even a golf club. but this this is a new road for road rage. this threat has teaked. no this isnt some remake of the chain saw massacre with its drive-by slicings. this actually happened in the suburb of montreal, kwequebec. they were driving with their two kids. >> we hear, come in. >> reporter: it was a tree specialist driving this van. the couple said the van and the mini van cut them of...

Tomb that contains the remains of a family of silk merchants, and we understand the merchants wife may have been the model that sat down for leonardo da vincis work of art. scientists are going to compare dna from the tomb to three skeletons found last year in a nearby convent because they feel one of those bodies may be her son. so, if they can find a match, they may have an answer. a group of california parishioners say the tears of god are falling from a tree. they say every time they pray,...