Science Saving a Rare Tree Worlds Away By RACHEL NUWER A small stand of Betula chichibuensis trees in the Chichibu Mountains in Japan, the last place where they survive in …
Earth’s tiniest creatures loom large in hyper-realistic photos By: Catie Leary A canopy chameleon (Furcifer willsii) traverses the narrow twig branches of a tree fern. (Photo: © Philippe Martin, 2015) …
Aechmea pittieri as a synonym of Aechmea bracteata Detail from Utley, J. F. Bromeliaceae. In: Flora Mesoamericana. 6: 151-2.1994 Translated by D. Butcher Aechmea bracteata (Swartz) Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. …
Swedish car tech to help save Aussie kangaroos AFP/The Local Swedish auto giant Volvo Cars has announced it is developing technology designed to stop Aussies crashing into kangaroos, following research …
Climate Change Is Going to Be Expensive—For Everybody A farmer examines his wheat field which failed due to drought in Rochester, Australia. Jason South/Getty Images Hot weather sucks. Crops droop. …
Australia Deploys Sheepdogs to Save a Penguin Colony By AUSTIN RAMZY Phillip Root with the Maremma sheepdogs of Middle Island, Australia. The dogs were introduced there in 2006 to protect …
Tillandsia stoltenii Ehlers & E. Gross, sp. nov. Die Brom 3: 112-122. 2014 This species seems to be related to Tillandsia socialis L.B. Sm. It differs from this by the …
The Pacific Ocean Becomes a Caldron By JOHN SCHWARTZNOV. 2, 2015 Bleached coral in American Samoa earlier this year. Credit XL Catlin Seaview Survey Hurricane Patricia was a surprise. …
Mystery killer behind tragic right whale deaths likely identified Melissa Breyer (@MelissaBreyer) Science / Animals © Andrea Chirife/Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program Deaths of the endangered whales, …
Dengue vaccines at a crossroad Annelies Wilder-Smith1, Duane J. Gubler2+ Author Affiliations 1Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 2Emerging Infectious Diseases Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, …