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Nature News in Review – Week Ending May 8, 2009

Flora The wild ancestors of common domestic fruit trees are in danger of becoming extinct. Scientists have discovered the source of the gigantic green tide of algae that almost derailed the Beijing Olympics sailing regatta. Fauna Tagging whale sharks in the Maldives. Does Homo floresiensis truly represent a new hominid species? Natural Resources and Public [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending April 24, 2009

Flora Traditional fruit orchards are vanishing from England’s landscape – with serious consequences for wildlife. A new species of tree has been identified in Ethiopia; the Acacia fumosa is widespread but had probably been overlooked by botanists because of its remote location and the violence there. Fauna The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has launched [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending March 20, 2009

Flora Cyclopogon elatus orchid species rediscovered in Florida swamp. (Here’s the link to the Flickr image mentioned but not shown in the article.) “In the absence of trees, our communities would simply collapse.” – Andrew Dokurugu, a project officer for Tree Aid. Fauna European and Peruvian herpetologists have discovered the smallest frog yet known from [...]