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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. If you visit southwestern Morocco in summer or autumn, you ...

While exploring the wilderness in Morocco, you might experience things you wouldn’t expect, such as goats jumping into trees and perching themselves in the branches like a bird would. While ...

Animals and plants have one of the most ideal relationships in nature. The plants feed the animals and the animals, in turn, spread the seeds of the plants through their excrement. But when ...

Argan trees are crucial to the economy of Morocco, a lower-middle income country. These trees bear fruits whose seeds are pressed to produce argan oil, a valuable commodity that brings $6.5 million in ...

In Morocco, goats help disperse the seeds of local argan trees by spitting them out. This way of disseminating seeds might actually be more common than scientists have previously thought, according to ...

A scientist–farmer interaction-cum goat distribution programme was organised by ICAR–Indian Veterinary Research Institute ...

Climbing trees is fun and also a bit scary. I used to have to climb trees as part of my job before I became a journalist. When you are on the ground looking up, a branch may not seem very high. But ...

Tree-climbing goats in Morocco give their roosts where they feed a boost … by spitting the trees' seeds on the ground. Yes, Morocco has tree-climbing goats. Herders in the arid southern part of the ...

Ecologists have observed an unusual way in which treetop-grazing goats may be benefiting the trees: the goats spit out the trees' seeds. In dry southern Morocco, domesticated goats climb to the ...