![More Trees, Please!](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/video-title-more-trees-please/2917887-1-eng-US/video-title-more-trees-please_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/video-title-more-trees-please/2917887-1-eng-US/video-title-more-trees-please_full_990.png 960w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/video-title-more-trees-please/2917887-1-eng-US/video-title-more-trees-please_full_1468.png 960w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/video-title-more-trees-please/2917887-1-eng-US/video-title-more-trees-please_full_1980.png 960w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/video-title-more-trees-please/2917887-1-eng-US/video-title-more-trees-please_full_2475.png 960w)
By Francesca, Asha, and Lydia
The Issue: Trees provide shelter, food, shade, and water for animals in the forest. They also provide oxygen for us all to breathe, and absorb carbon dioxide . But deforestation (cutting down trees) is a major problem.
![People can help the environment in many ways, like planting trees rather than cutting down trees!](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/meet-team-04/2917940-1-eng-US/meet-team-04_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/meet-team-04/2917940-1-eng-US/meet-team-04_full_990.png 990w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/meet-team-04/2917940-1-eng-US/meet-team-04_full_1468.png 1468w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/meet-team-04/2917940-1-eng-US/meet-team-04_full_1980.png 1920w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/meet-team-04/2917940-1-eng-US/meet-team-04_full_2475.png 1920w)
![Francesca](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-francesca/2917899-1-eng-US/head-team04-francesca_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-francesca/2917899-1-eng-US/head-team04-francesca_full_990.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-francesca/2917899-1-eng-US/head-team04-francesca_full_1468.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-francesca/2917899-1-eng-US/head-team04-francesca_full_1980.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-francesca/2917899-1-eng-US/head-team04-francesca_full_2475.png 502w)
Francesca | Age 10
Favorite plant or animal: Manatee
Favorite book: The Hunger Games
Favorite ice cream flavor: Vanilla
Favorite thing to do/hobby: Sing, act, play tennis, and read
Favorite place or object in the Museum: The Hall of Gems and Minerals
What you like most about science: I love to learn, so it is very interesting.
Advice to kids who think science is boring: You should learn more about something before you make a judgement.
![Asha](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-asha/2917916-1-eng-US/head-team04-asha_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-asha/2917916-1-eng-US/head-team04-asha_full_990.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-asha/2917916-1-eng-US/head-team04-asha_full_1468.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-asha/2917916-1-eng-US/head-team04-asha_full_1980.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-asha/2917916-1-eng-US/head-team04-asha_full_2475.png 502w)
Asha | Age 10
Favorite plant or animal: My favorite animals are Cheetahs and Horses.
Favorite book: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympics, and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Favorite ice cream flavor: Bubble Gum
Favorite thing to do/hobby: Basketball and reading
Favorite place or object in the Museum: The Hall of Human Origins
What you like most about science: I like that there is so much we don’t know, and I want to find out many things.
Advice to kids who think science is boring: I know you probably think science is just, well, science, but it is so much more. It is a choose-your-own-adventure story that has no end!
![Lydia](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-lydia/2917928-1-eng-US/head-team04-lydia_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-lydia/2917928-1-eng-US/head-team04-lydia_full_990.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-lydia/2917928-1-eng-US/head-team04-lydia_full_1468.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-lydia/2917928-1-eng-US/head-team04-lydia_full_1980.png 502w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/nature-s-superheroes/head-team04-lydia/2917928-1-eng-US/head-team04-lydia_full_2475.png 502w)
Lydia | Age 10
Favorite plant or animal: Mudskipper. I love mudskippers because they are one of the only fish that can breathe air and the only fish that can climb trees.
Favorite book: Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix
Favorite ice cream flavor: Vanilla
Favorite thing to do/hobby: Play fetch with my dog, Hondo
Favorite place or object in the Museum: Gem room
What you like most about science: I like that there’s always more to explore and more to do.
Advice to kids who think science is boring: Anything that you’re building or experimenting with is science. If you want to make a hoverboard that can go to the moon. That’s science. You experience science everyday. your phone, building, your pets. If you like anything. You like science.