Garden birds are struggling: four ways to help
More than a quarter of Britain's birds are now on the RSPB's red list, meaning that their numbers are in severe decline.
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2022
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Southern conifers: Meet this vast group of ancient trees with mysteries still unsolved
When you think of conifers, tall, conical shaped trees often found in public parks or front yards may spring to mind. But these impressive trees are far more fascinating than you may have realized, as they represent just ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2022
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Garden of Eden: Paradise lost -- and found
Ancient gardens are the stuff of legend, from the Garden of Eden to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Heidelberg University in Germany, have uncovered an ancient ...
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2010
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Royal Botanical Gardens: Mixed report on the world's plants
A report billed as the first comprehensive look at world's plants finds a planet slowly being ravaged by changing land use, mostly conversion of forests to agriculture to feed a growing population, and climate change.
Ecology
May 10, 2016
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World's smelliest and largest flower blooms in Brazil
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.
Plants & Animals
Dec 27, 2012
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Concerned about climate change? Plant a Victory Garden
Catherine McDonnell-Forney has been growing food at her Minneapolis home for the entire decade that she's lived there. But now she tends a registered Climate Victory Garden.
Environment
Jul 11, 2019
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Two lefties make a right—if you are a one-in-a-million garden snail
A global campaign to help find a mate for a left-coiling snail called 'Jeremy' has enabled scientists to understand how mirror-image garden snails are formed.
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2020
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First world survey finds 9,600 tree species risk extinction
The first ever global database of trees on Wednesday revealed that 9,600 tree species are threatened with extinction and identified a total of 60,065 in existence.
Environment
Apr 5, 2017
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Hidden soil fungus, now revealed, is in a class all its own
A type of fungus that's been lurking underground for millions of years, previously known to science only through its DNA, has been cultured, photographed, named and assigned a place on the tree of life.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 11, 2011
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Trouble lurks for Indonesia's 'last paradise'
Huts on stilts perch above the coral of the turquoise lagoon, hammocks awaiting a lazy siesta and sunset cocktails. The Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat is a modern-day garden of Eden. But for how long?
Environment
Nov 18, 2011
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