Diversity: Madagascar v. NYC
A “new” species of palm was discovered on the island of Madagascar, thanks to its flowering finale.
Botanists around the world are popping the corks over Tahina spectabilis , a gigantic palm tree just discovered (December 2006) in the northwest of Madagascar, even though the
Who Was The Real Ophelia?
A new piece of historical scholarship suggests that William Shakespeare might have been inspired by the tragic death of a flower picking toddler.
OPHELIA
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. that’s for thoughts.
LAERTES
A document in madness, thoughts
Year of the Rat Pollinator
Bees and bats do it, as do mice—pollinate flowers, that is. Some of South Africa’s most marvelous low-to-the-ground species should have a banner year.
Happy New Year to all our Far Eastern readers, and anybody else who’s ready to start over…
Hovirag: Hungary’s Hot Snowdrop
The cherished emblem of early spring in Hungary is now off limits to sellers and embroiled in a national dispute over genetically modified plants.
Our man in Budapest, journalist Gabor Miklosi, took a break from political muckraking this week to hunt for hovirag. Also known
Floral Long-Necks and Bat Sippers
A biologist comes upon the longest-tongued mammal in the world and its evolutionary companion—a flower.
Tomorrow in Nature Magazine, Nathan Muchhala —a chiropterophilous-phile, if ever
