The meat-eating plant that does not just eat meat Pitcher plants are famous for catching insects and even rats in their traps, but one species has found a surprising addition …
How the Morpho Butterfly Can Be Blue But Also Not Really Blue The morpho butterfly appears blue but it isn’t actually. It looks blue not because of pigment but because …
Tillandsia manzanilloensis Gouda, sp. nov. Die Bromelie 3: 132-137. 2016
Tillandsia comulcoensis Ehlers, sp. nov. Die Brom 3: 100-106. 2016
The Natural History Museum’s National Fossil Hall Is Getting a Full Facelift By Smithsonian.com December 8, 2016 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is getting a major facelift, and …
Underground strategies Root specializations enable plants to live in impoverished environments like Brazil’s rupestrian grasslands MARIA GUIMARÃES Almas Peak, in Bahia Photo @ Rafael Oliveira When they went off to the …
A Beautiful Fly Ignites a Bitter Feud Among Scientists Stephen Marshall For such a tiny fly, Marleyimyia xylocopae sure can cause a ruckus. It’s handsome, having apparently evolved to …
What’s real news, what’s an ad? Students can’t tell, study shows While young people may seem digitally savvy, their ability to evaluate online information can be summed up in one …
All you need to know about nature deficit disorder By Helen Briggs BBC News Even a flower in a crack in the paving can lift spirits (Image copyright Thinkstock) It’s …
