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Harvard vault protects the world's rarest colors

June 10, 2016

Harvard vault protects the world’s rarest colors These hues can thank mummies and heavy metals for their existence. Starre Vartan The striking green color in ‘Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin’ …

Bicimaquinas: The bike machines of Guatemala

June 10, 2016

Bicimaquinas: The bike machines of Guatemala Sami Grover (@samigrover) Energy / Renewable Energy [embedplusvideo height=”395″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1U0c17i” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/OyYtIdKe8nc?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=OyYtIdKe8nc&width=650&height=395&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep8391″ /] We love bikes at TreeHugger. But we tend to …

Improving our ability to cope with emergencies

June 10, 2016

The biggest infectious disease threat we face isn’t Ebola – it’s our short attention span  Bruce Ribner Director, Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, Professor of Medicine, Emory University Kent Brantly …

What’s happening to the fireflies?

June 8, 2016

What’s happening to the fireflies? Melissa Breyer Public Domain / Fireflies at Ochanomizu by Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915) Noticing fewer fireflies? You’re not alone. Every time I write about fireflies, …

Tillandsia tecolometl sp. nov.

June 4, 2016

Tillandsia tecolometl Granados, Flores-Cruz & Salazar, sp. nov. (Figs. 2-3,4b) Phytotaxa 260(1): 57-65. 2016 Similar to Tillandsia macdougallii but differing in its longer, ovate to oblong leaf sheaths covered by …