Old botanical surveys help researchers track how plants on Australia's islands are changing
More than 8,000 continental islands sit just off the coast of Australia, many of them uninhabited and unspoiled. For ...
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Extremely rare native Hawaiian plant finds success in cultivation
A new website is dedicated to sharing the story of a critically endangered native Nawaiian plant thought lost to history ...
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DLNR: Critically rare native plant on Kahoʻolawe finds success in cultivation
Following its rediscovery, horticulturalists worked to propagate Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa, but found limited success. The two ...
Massive, long-lived trees discovered in the Tanzanian rainforest are a new species
A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National ...
We combed through old botanical surveys to track how plants on Australia’s islands are changing
Stories of how the data was collected were fascinating. Some people camped on islands for weeks. Some scaled cliffs or jumped ...
Spring things to do: 2 Florida botanical gardens rank on this '10 Best in the U.S.' list
Two Florida botanical gardens placed on this list of the top '10 Best in the U.S.' Here's why, where they are and how much it ...
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Investigating the psychedelic blue lotus of Egypt, where ancient magic meets modern science
Online, products branded as the blue lotus promise calm moments and psychedelic trips. But they're far different from what ...
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Nearly half of popular tropical plant group related to birds-of-paradise and bananas are threatened with extinction
A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction. A new analysis from ...
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Rare cyclone weakens to a tropical low weather system as it approaches the Australian east coast
Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakened to a tropical low as it approached Brisbane, bringing flooding rains. Significant damage resulted in over 330,000 power outages and major beach erosion at Gold Coast.
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Rare cyclone weakens to a tropical low weather system as it approaches the Australian east coast
Rare cyclone weakens to a tropical low weather system as it approaches the Australian east coast Tropical Cyclone Alfred had been expected to become on Saturday the first cyclone to cross the east ...
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Rare cyclone weakens to a tropical low weather system as it approaches the Australian east coast
Cyclones are common in Queensland’s tropical north but are rare in the state’s temperate and densely populated southeast corner that borders New South Wales state. A 61-year-old man remained ...
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Rare cyclone weakens to a tropical low weather system as it approaches the Australian east coast
Cyclones are common in Queensland’s tropical north but are rare in the state’s temperate and densely populated southeast corner that borders New South Wales state. A 61-year-old man remained missing ...