FCBS Newsletter May 2016
Bromeliaceae andreanae: description et histoire des broméliacées récoltées dans la Colombie, l’Ecuador et le Venezuela by André, Edouard François, 1840-1911 Published 1889 Topics Bromeliaceae, Botany
Explainer: wilderness, and why it matters Brendan Mackey and Nicole Rogers We believe in the free flow of information. We use a Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives licence, so you can …
Photos of extraordinary 19th-century glass sea creatures credit: Corning Museum of Glass Melissa Breyer (@MelissaBreyer) Science / Animals Before underwater photography brought marine life to light, a father and son …
Antarctic CO2 hits 400ppm for first time in 4m years Climate Central: The last monitoring station in the world without a 400 parts per million reading has now reached it, …
Smelly Seeds Fool Dung Beetles When you’re a plant, it’s not easy to make sure your seeds are spread far and wide and safely buried. Unless you can trick a …
Is it time to break with colonial legacy of zoos? Menageries of the 19th century brought exotic animals (and people) to Western society – as do many zoos today. The shooting …
The Weirdest Senses Animals Have That You Don’t Credit: Getty Images People like to imagine that they’re the pinnacle of evolution, but the animal kingdom suggests otherwise. The discovery that …
Drinking Problems Getting nectar from the depths of a flower is no easy task. Slow motion video reveals how two kinds of bats have evolved two very different methods, using …
[embedplusvideo height=”395″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1OjTHUt” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/EzZzZ_qpZ4w?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=EzZzZ_qpZ4w&width=650&height=395&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep1003″ /] Can You Dig This explores the urban gardening revolution currently taking place in South Central Los Angeles, one of the largest food …