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Pitcairnia azouryi (updated information)

January 26, 2016

Pitcairnia azouryi Martinelli & Forzza. Rev. bras. Bot. 29(4): 603 (-605). Sao Paulo 2006 by V D C Manhaes et al in Phytotaxa 245(1): 59-65. 2016 Introduction Bromeliaceae is listed …

North Face's Douglas Tompkins: Chile offered land by widow

January 26, 2016

 North Face’s Douglas Tompkins: Chile offered land by widow Image copyright AP Image caption Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, widow of late American conservationist Doug Tompkins, left, met Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet …

New genetically engineered American chestnut

January 26, 2016

  Transgenic American chestnuts could soon take root. Claire Dunn New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree William Powell, State University of New York College …

Rare Planetary Alignment

January 26, 2016

Don’t Miss This Month’s Rare Planetary Alignment Five planets will appear together in the sky—all visible to the naked eye The five planets will be visible to the naked eye, …

BROMELIAS da Paraíba, Brazil

January 23, 2016

BROMELIACEAE do Estado da Paraíba, Nordeste do BRASIL  BROMELIAS  da  Paraíba Ricardo Ambrósio S. de Pontes &  Rafaela Campostrini Forzza

The 9 rarest plants in the world

January 23, 2016

The 9 rarest plants in the world  These strange and amazing plants live in remote corners of the planet, and are all critically endangered By Shreya Dasgupta We’ve all heard …

Squirrels mobilize

January 23, 2016

Squirrels mobilize, plot acts of cyber terrorism against humankind And they’re not acting alone. Matt Hickman January 11, 2016, 4:52 p.m. That power outage may not be caused by wicked …

XX Files: Scorpion hunters

January 23, 2016

 XX Files: Scorpion hunters Every summer Ashlee Rowe of Michigan State University spends a few weeks in the southwestern United States catching bark scorpions by the light of the moon. …