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It sounds like something straight out of "Stranger Things," but a forest "superorganism" is keeping a nearly-dead tree stump alive. The stump of a kauri tree in New Zealand is still alive thanks to a ...

Within a shrouded New Zealand forest, a tree stump keeps itself alive by holding onto the roots of its neighboring trees, exchanging water and resources through the grafted root system. New research ...

A tree stump that should be dead—but isn't—has been discovered in a forest in New Zealand. The kauri tree stump appears to be surviving by feeding on its neighbors resources, holding onto their roots ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract "Lacewood" and "knobby wooden curios" produced by the New Zealand kauri tree, Agathis australis Salisb., are described. Correspondents advise ...

In a forest in New Zealand, a vampire clings to life. Once a mighty kauri tree — a species of conifer that can grow up to 165 feet (50 meters) tall — the low, leafless stump looks like it should be ...