Conservation

FAVELA AMAZÔNIA UM NOVO RETRATO DA FLORESTA Leonencio Nossa (texto) & Dida Sampaio (imagens) Um terço da população das grandes e médias cidades da Amazônia vive em territórios do tráfico …

When the US President discussed our Earth with an icon of the natural world   In an extraordinary meeting of minds, President Barack Obama has interviewed Sir David Attenborough at …

The spice of life   If you like spicy mustard, thank a caterpillar A new study explains why we owe the spiciness of mustard, horseradish and wasabi to an ancient …

MAY 2015 Drought kills 12 million trees in California’s national forests   Dying trees U.S. Forest Service A ridge on Laguna Mountain in the Cleveland National Forest is covered with …

Awakening Awesome video of New Zealand in 4K    

  Tropicos Botanists have published more than 1,200,000 plant names since 1753, the year that Carl Linnaeus’s Species Plantarum was published, which established the current naming convention for plants. There …

University of Florida/IFAS Invasive Research Facility Likely to Close By Brad Buck, UF/IFAS Communications Friday, June 26th, 2015 A valuable UF/IFAS program that helps save the state millions of dollars …

Why did this businessman buy 53,000 acres in Florida? © Noke Plantation Former gambler M.C. Davis has spent some $90 million purchasing land in the Sunshine State; his plans for …

Seven new microendemic species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from southern Brazil CC BY 2.0 Luiz Fernando Ribeiro Less than half an inch in length, the brightly colored frogs are highly …

    [embedplusvideo height=”283″ width=”550″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1GourCy” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/l3qUvdy1Dh8?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=l3qUvdy1Dh8&width=550&height=283&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep8806″ /]  Parrots: Majestic Birds (Nature Documentary) NATURE tracks down the cockiest characters in the land down under in Parrots in the …