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Flora Trees across the tropics are getting bigger and offering help in the fight against climate change. The search is on for a rare fungal microorganism in Chile that may be capable of producing diesel fuel. Fauna Bird thought to be extinct seen, photographed, sold, and eaten. Ridge-top residents of Rossmoor, California tried everything to scare away [...]

Flora Behind the scenes at Kew. The largest glasshouse at the Royal Botanic Gardens in west London is home to 17,000 plants – but is out of bounds to the public. Three All-America Rose Selections winners announced for 2009. Fauna Even in the midst of an ecological catastrophe, glimmers of goodness emerge. As the Aussies [...]

Flora A new method of examining the inner workings of plants has shed light on how they harvest the Sun’s energy. Baylor botanist discovers new species of legume. “We gardeners impose order on nature, but in a good way, right?” Fauna The fossil remains of a 43-foot snake whose species flourished between 58 million to 60 [...]

Sorry for my absence from Nature News in Review last week. Aside from being in attendance at the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida, I was battling what I logically assumed was an infestation of malware on my laptop that made me unwilling to enter any passwords into it until all the [...]