World Supply of Fav-Afrique, an Essential Antivenom, to Run Out Within a Year By Conor Gaffey A member of staff demonstrates to tourists how to extract venom from a King …
Photo by O. Ribeiro in Jalapão, Tocantins, Brazil Dyckia braunii Rauh, J.Brom.Soc. 40: 25-6. 1990 ; Trop.Subtrop. Pflanz.75: 8-10. 1990 Plant stemless, somewhat bulbous at the base, growing singly or forming …
Latest News David Dilcher This fossil from Spain calls into question the terrestrial origin of flowering plants. World’s first flowers may have come from fresh water Liz is a …
Watch: Hummingbird tongues are tiny pumps Sid is a freelance science journalist. By Sid Perkins – 18 August 2015 Hummingbird tongues are tiny pumps that suck up nectar—not merely passive strawlike …
Resurrecting a monster virus: Scientists to ‘awaken’ bug that has laid dormant in frozen Siberian wastelands for 30,000 years Virus is called Mollivirus sibericum, which means ‘soft virus from Siberia’ …
Billbergia porteana Brongniart ex Beer, Bromel. 115. 1856. Billbergia nobilis Bull, List New Plants 358: 1(1901). Neotype: icon. in Bull, Cat Plants 377: 5.(1904) note treated as a synonym …
Older than the dinosaurs: Lamprey fish return to UK rivers after 200 years Ancient eel-like fish is reclaiming its former river strongholds as water quailty improves Industrial pollution drove …
Deforestation Aerial pictures reveal rampant illegal logging in Peru’s Amazon forest Up to 30 trucks are plying on a 32-mile purpose built road illegally carved out in the jungle …
Orthophytum albopictum Philcox in Louzada Thesis 2008 translated by Derek Butcher – Photo by Oscar Ribeiro, Bromeliario Imperialis Orthophytum albopictum Philcox, Kew Mag. 2:355.1983. Type: BRASIL. Bahia: Mucuge, Storr …
Gwen Pearson Science Royal Jelly Isn’t What Makes a Queen Bee a Queen Bee There’s no place like comb: two future honey bee queens developing on a bed of royal jelly. …