Around the globe, natural habitats are being overrun by plant species originating from different regions. A study published today in Global Change Biology reveals that the growing prevalence of exotic plants in our gardens ...
Ecology
Apr 14, 2023
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Enset (Ensete ventricosum), an African relative of the much-beloved banana plant, is flowering inside of Kew Gardens' Temperate House, marking the very first time this extraordinary plant has produced an inflorescence at ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2023
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Exactly one year ago, Assistant Professor Ben Vollaard of Tilburg University and Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad started the crowdsourcing project "Wilding the Garden." The purpose of the project was to allow people ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2023
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More than half of all people on Earth live in cities, and that share could reach 70% by 2050. But except for public parks, there aren't many models for nature conservation that focus on caring for nature in urban areas.
Ecology
Apr 4, 2023
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Diagnostic imaging such as X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans are important tools in monitoring the health of humans and animals. But for researchers in the field, it is difficult to administer these common tests on wild populations.
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2023
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The forested hills and rolling fields in the state of Odisha are home to some of India's most vulnerable tribal groups, but a growing number of studies show that small home gardens—producing millet, pulses, fresh fruits ...
Agriculture
Mar 27, 2023
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A male fly approaches a flower, lands on top of what he thinks is a female fly, and jiggles around. He's trying to mate, but it isn't quite working. He has another go. Eventually he gives up and buzzes off, unsuccessful. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2023
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A new species of orchid with delicate, glass-like blooms has been discovered by Japanese scientists, who found the pink and white plant hiding in plain sight.
Ecology
Mar 23, 2023
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If you've been thumbing through a gardening catalog or shopping at a nursery, you've likely noticed two names assigned to each plant, a common name and a botanical name, the latter of which might read like a sort of pretentious, ...
Ecology
Feb 28, 2023
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It was April in 1981 when a party of four camped for two days and nights on the forested slopes of Mount Evermann, the central peak of Socorro, a volcanic island in the Pacific some 400 kilometers southwest of Baja California, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2023
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