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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

So Pretty, So Scary



Seattle Times, United States - Oct 29, 2006IT ISN'T THE thorns, contortions, sickening odors or even carnivorous habits of plants that should frighten us at Halloween, or any other time of year. ...
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

From wasteland to breeding ground
Canberra City News,  Australia - Oct 31, 2006... he is in the process of visiting recycling and purification water plants as part of ... are viable, the zoo director would like to introduce carnivorous cats such ...
Source: www.citynews.com.au

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

82-Year-Old Guardian of the Big Thicket Could Be Facing Greatest Threat Yet 



By Colin Mcdonald, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Oct. 8--TYLER COUNTY -- In a clearing beside Lake Hyatt, a single pitcher plant grows in the loose, sandy soil.
Source: www.redorbit.com

Behold botanical wonders at UC 
I WAS FOLLOWING the directions I'd printed out, dutifully turning right when I felt I should have gone left, going straight when it seemed more natural to turn, when I came upon a parking lot that appeared to be the one I was looking for.
Source: www.contracostatimes.com

11.10am Friday November 3, 2006 By Deborah Zabarenko 
WASHINGTON - The world's fish and seafood populations will collapse by 2048 if current trends in habitat destruction and overfishing continue, resulting in less food for humans, according to new research.
Source: www.nzherald.co.nz

Global: Fish, Coffee, Land, Coca, Flu 
Global grain production was almost 1.9 billion metric tons in 2004, about the same as previous years. About a third of global grain production is corn and another third wheat, with rice about a quarter of global grain production.
Source: migration.ucdavis.edu

Entree Calendar 
GARDEN Friends of Boerner botanical Gardens : Talk by Kenneth Helphand, author of "Defiant...
Source: www.jsonline.com

Monday, November 06, 2006

Plant world offers spooky spectrum



Lawrence Journal World, KS - Oct 26, 2006... Solicitors, beware when treading near Wisdom�s house. Carnivorous plants have turned the tables and are striking back. Could you ...
Source: www2.ljworld.com

Briefs (right)
The MIT Tech, MA - Oct 31, 2006... All of these birds were apparently flightless, and most of them ate only plants. Until now, the only known species of carnivorous terror birds averaged 5 to 9 ...
Source: www-tech.mit.edu

The Conservatory's top 10
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Oct 7, 2006... 7 -- carnivorous plants that look like cornucopias and capture insects. Nepenthes, the Asian pitcher plant, hang throughout the Aquatic plants gallery. ...
Source: www.sfgate.com

Pave paradise ... put up a parking lot!
Goshen Chronicle - Oct 16, 2006... bog turtle, plus several threatened species, Glenmere Lake also hosts sizeable populations of large snapping turtles, carnivorous pitcher plants, and sundews. ...
Source: www.strausnews.com