When I started, the conservatory wasn’t here, the Welcome Center wasn’t here. It's unbelievable how the garden has grown over the past 25 years," volunteer Maya Debrunner said.
Among the top three suppliers to the global wildlife market, South African breeders and exporters exploit loopholes and a lack of enforcement to bypass conservation rules.
Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today.