Singapore, one of the world's most densely populated countries, is campaigning to get its 154-year-old Botanic Gardens declared a UNESCO world heritage site.

Biology - Ecology

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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will team up to develop an innovative mobile app to help identify plant species in the field. The app also will enable botanical garden and herbarium visitors ...

Biology - Other

Mar 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

Actor Russell Crowe made some waves this week when he claimed to have captured photos of a UFO outside the window of his office in Australia.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 08, 2013 4.5 / 5 (6) 0

Scientists have today shown that caffeine improves a honeybee's memory and could help the plant recruit more bees to spread its pollen.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 7 |

In collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens of Madrid and the Slovenian Forestry Institute, researchers in the Basque Country have documented two new species of Hydnum, commonly known as ox tongue mushro ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists have developed a new way to rescue the Bogong High Plains and their endangered alpine wetlands from invading European willows.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

Hundreds of visitors are flocking daily to a botanical garden in southeastern Brazil to watch the rare blooming of the Titan arum, the world's smelliest and largest tropical flower.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 27, 2012 3.3 / 5 (4) 8

(Phys.org)—The chance discovery of a 100 million year old fossil forest on an island east of New Zealand has unlocked new insights on ancient life close to the South Pole.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 27, 2012 4.6 / 5 (22) 17 |

Research led by the University of York has found that the impacts of climate change on rare plants in tropical mountains will vary considerably from site to site and from species to species.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 06, 2012 4.4 / 5 (7) 0

A study conducted by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK), in collaboration with scientists in Ethiopia, reports that climate change alone could lead to the extinction of wild Arabica coffee (Coffea ar ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 07, 2012 3.7 / 5 (7) 4 |

A new study led by researchers from the University of York suggests protected areas in East Africa are not conserving plants such as the iconic Acacia tree.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 07, 2012 not rated yet 0

A remote park in northwest Bolivia may be the most biologically diverse place on earth, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which helped put together a comprehensive list of species found ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Caterpillars belonging to a species of butterfly previously unknown as far north as Canada have been discovered in Montreal, in a sign that this country's cool climate is warming, researchers said Monday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 16, 2012 3 / 5 (4) 0

A huge colony of fruit bats that live in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens are such a pest that desperate officials have taken to blaring industrial noise and banging sounds to scare them off.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

In classical mythology, the cypress tree is associated with death, the underworld and eternity. Indeed, the family to which cypresses belong, is an ancient lineage of conifers, and a new study of their evolution affords a ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 03, 2012 3.9 / 5 (7) 1 |