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No matter how much I learn about the garden, there’s always more to know. To plug the (many!) gaps in…

• It is the science that deals with the processes and regulations in the prenatal growth and development of an…

by Jonathan Latham, PhD Newly released written testimony provided by Robert Garry to the Senate’s Committee on the Origins Of…

THE CREVICE INTENSIVEThey’re not a fad; they are here to stay. Crevice Gardens– like miniature mountains with small plants- are now…

Scorpions, tough Chelicerata arachnids, well known for their association with the one of the most hostile, hottest environments on earth……

A conclusion is simply the place where you get tired of thinking ~ Dan Chaon, Stay AwakeHello all, Happy Basant Panchami,…

 A very large, very old shrub blooms every year about this time no matter what the winter weather has been…

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To start 2025, I’m going big. I’m consolidating the biggest mysteries of the universe into a blog post! These five…

There is a growing body of research evidence suggesting plant psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy could be useful not only for the treatment…

Back in October 2014, Asha de Vos, a Sri Lankan marine biologist, took the stage at TEDGlobal to deliver a six-minute speech called “Why…

Mini bottle Rocket You’ll need Small 500ml bottle – empty A cork – this must fold very tightly inside the…

Fevertrees do need regular disturbance to persist. They are not a large, robust tree by any means and can easily…

Figure 1: The grey wolf (Canis Lupus) We’ve all been there, trying to get some out of reach object only to…

https://www.fondriest.com/news/buffalos-new-data-buoy-tracks-lake-eries-extreme-weather.htm The post Buffalo’s New Data Buoy Tracks Lake Erie’s Extreme Weather appeared first on Lake Scientist. [Disclaimer: The content…

Spring flowers at the allotmentSince I’ve been behind, so, so behind with sharing photos of my plot, here’s a collection…

Anglers have been asked to report catches and sightings of an invasive species of salmon in Scottish rivers.Pink salmon are…

During the Obama administration, the credibility of the US Centers for Disease Control went into serious decline. Though it only…

In response to questions such as ‘what plant is that?’ we need to keep in mind the uncertainty relating to…

ON THIS DAY IN – 0064 – The Great Fire of Rome began.And now some more recent news from the CFZ…

Researchers analyzed marine sediments to determine the weathering patterns over the last two billion years. Introduction Have you ever watched…

When you plant a native plant, you might find it spreads aggressively around the yard, crowding out  other plants in…

I headed out a week prior with a friend who had never seen the rookery to scout for the event.…

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Spring is one of the most exciting times in the garden, when our perennial plants start to poke their heads…

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on January 12th, 2023 One small step for man, one giant step for Bigfoot: Fremont artist’s…

FAIR data is a defining component for a future-proofed pharma or life science enterprise. But what is FAIR data, and…

 Wake Robin Trillium (Trillium erectum), a precious spring ephemeralWithin you is a remembrance of being participant in the natural world.…

The specimen is a lower jaw. No skull, no limb bones, nothing postcranial at all. And yet this fragment of…

Following on from looking at metamorphic rocks last week, today we investigate an exceptional piece of slate – ‘Every rock…

Golden rain tree. San Gabriel Mountains from the Bauer Lawn. MagnoliasView from the MeadowbrookView from the Meadowbrook [Disclaimer: The content in this…

  I thought last year was a great experience to push my artistic skills out of my comfort zone, and…

Abstract A new species of Balsam, Impatiens pfutserensis S.Singh, B.Singh & M.Bhuyan, belonging to Impatiens sect. Racemosae Hook.f. & Thomson, is described herein from the Phek District of…

It’s been a while-years- since I’ve written a lengthy taxonomic article on this blog. Unsurprisingly, it will be Nepenthes focused.…

It was 0758 when the earthquake hit on Wednesday. I was in the kitchen of my hostel in Taipei, Taiwan…

Editorial note: WUWT is publishing this paper as a contribution to open technical discussion, not as an endorsed or settled…

Lady’s-slipper OrchidImage courtesy of Rob Still & Chris Gibsonhttps://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.xh1We’ve just published the latest issue of British & Irish Botany, the online, Open…

Personally, I consider sea serpents more credible than lake monsters. It’s the logistics of it all. The…

The electronics inside your phone, your car, and every satellite currently orbiting Earth share one critical weakness: heat. Push them…

Can you maintain and honour a landscape design after the inevitable demise of the designer and the equally inevitable decline…

Imagine escaping to an island. You’d need to outsmart new predators, seize novel food sources, and cope without escape routes—perhaps…

I’m currently on a walking trip in Japan that has turned into more of a walking-plus-bus-and-train trip. (Walking is great!…

The reason for flowers is reproduction. Three major parts of a flower function to achieve this purpose. First, the gynoecium…

Arthropod-like organisms termed wadudu (singular mdudu) are abundant across the planet and include multi-limbed, terrestrial taxa that resemble spiders, millipedes…

Dear Colleagues, We are seeking biologists, political scientists, and language scientists (all broadly construed) to participate in a survey about the barriers…

Over the years I have heard a lot of great things about Brazilian spinach.  Brazilian spinach is a perennial leaf…

Welcome to Zygoma. This is my personal blog and the views expressed here are not those of my employer (the…

app: Short for application, or a computer program designed for a specific task. astronaut: Someone trained to travel into space…

  April is such an amazing month, it’s worth asking, “what’s not in bloom?” Clearly, many plants do not flower in April, but at UBC Botanical Garden…

Anole Annals is actually a nice case study in how a field-specific online community formed around a scientific blog in…

Ted Hoff (STS 1954) and the 2026 Regeneron STS finalists. Chris Ayers Photography/Licensed by Society for Science The Regeneron Science…

Nestled in the rolling landscape of LaGrange, Georgia, Hills & Dales Estate is one of America’s most enchanting historic gardens,…

Co-author Irina Rotenko High mortality in wolf pups is a well‑known demographic bottleneck that strongly shapes wolf populations worldwide. Belarus…

Dr Ujjaini Dasgupta’s group is looking for highly motivated students with PhD in Chemical/​Biological Sciences for the position of Project…

A lot of the time I can be shown an endangered plant, and not realise what it is, because I…

In boreal forests, many hares adopt white winter coats before the snow arrives. In a snowless landscape, these white hares lack camouflage against…

A vivid sequence of celestial events is set to transform the night sky into a moving spectacle, where a hard-to-spot…

By Nancy Heuler Creating a home garden with California native plants can be fun and rewarding, while bringing wildlife and…

 Hello again from Serena camp!   Exciting things have been happening with all three of our clans since we last…

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Alternative treatments are linked…

inspect-my-insect: undereyelouisvuittons: How can ants have farms? They’re too small to control the chickens and the pigs What’s that ya…

Let’s face it. As a general rule, vultures – and especially the Old World vultures – are not a good-looking…

Singh, A. et al After a landmark investigation into their funding sources, MoTech Labs Ltd has been accused of cashing…

From time to time, a seedling will do a little fake-out, making me think that I’m getting one kind of…

Name: Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha (Senior AI/ML Research Scientist) Location: University of Missouri-Kansas City Zooniverse projects: Galaxy Zoo, Galaxy Zoo: Weird…

Hummingbirds are the high-performance athletes of the avian world. With heart rates topping 1,200 beats per minute, they are biological…

Bentham and Hooker classification George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker – Two English taxonomists who were closely associated with the…

Insects make up the vast majority of animal species on Earth, but their populations are declining rapidly.   The ability…

Feeling like you had “a good night’s sleep” depends on more than just how long you slept. It also reflects…

By Steve Young With a title like this is was anybody’s guess what this book was about.  Michael Largo, author…

The marine team at the University museum has a rich and varied track record of events during the annual week…

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and offers a sustainable and potentially carbon-neutral alternative to petroleum products. Yet production costs remain…

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly… But not until Christmas Eve, otherwise you’ll have bad luck! Once your holly…

Sometimes birds turn up in unusual places. Birders in Hong Kong were out in force in February–not to some remote…

If you had told me while I was doing my undergrad degree that a key skill in research was poster…

East Lambrook Manor’s famous ditch with banks of Snowdrops, Galanthus sp. © Karen Andrews After the flurry of December’s Advent…

 Might the mulilo – if it exists – look something like this? (created by Dr Karl Shuker using Dream Lab)…

Scientists have finally captured something long rumored but never proven: sperm whales headbutting each other. Using drone footage from the…

The New York Botanical Garden is a museum of plants, an educational institution, and a scientific research organization in the…

Dagher, J. and Greiner, E. (2024). Variation in white-tailed and mule deer dental metrics is associated with precipitation gradients in…

Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: AGU Advances One of the striking phenomena that…

I August I returned from a trip around European botanic gardens. Starting in the Netherlands I visited gardens in Belgium,…

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AGU decries the recent removal of a chapter on climate science from the 2025 4th edition of the Federal Judicial Center’s Reference Manual on…

The city of Rabat, capital of Morocco, is a Unesco World Heritage site, and the Jardins d’Essai Botaniques, literally meaning…

Toxodera are mimics of the living and the dead! Toxodera is a small genus containing a handful of Southeast Asian…

Nothing lives forever, at least, not in the known Universe. But relativity allows us to get closer than ever: from…

Tweet The view from the top of Cerro Tararia. The area that we plan to explore is behind the ridge…

• Genes are carriers of blueprints for formation of cells, tissues, organs, and organism. Genes are made up of a…

What kind of value does Digital Twin add to your understanding of an HCP?Any data that allows us to better…

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The world is full of charismatic predators; big cats, wolves and crocodiles, which are commonly the focus of TV shows…

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Tradescantia sillamontana is in the family Commelinaceae. Commonly known as cobweb spiderwort, or white velvet tradescantia, it is endemic…

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Amid February’s frigid temperatures, over 500 New York City Public School educators gathered inside the halls of Columbia University’s Teachers…

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It’s almost springtime, and that means … babies! As humans, we can all more or less agree on what it takes to raise…

When flowering plants such as rice, wheat, olive trees, and bamboo become infected with pathogens, they are smaller and have…

Tiger Lily, Lilium columbianum (Liliaceae). 🌿🌼#tigerlily #liliumcolumbianum #lily #liliaceae #plants #botany #flowers #wildflowers #plantid #plantidentification #pnw (at Leavenworth, Washington)https://www.instagram.com/p/ByoDPebgGCH/?igshid=1d0c0udt74ug7 …