Cacti are surprisingly fragile – and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders
Few plant families are as iconic as the resilient, spiky cactus, thriving in the driest deserts and as well as decorating our ...
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These Are the Top 10 Food Cities in the World, According to T+L Travel Advisors
Our travel advisors share the top 10 global food cities on their radar, from Michelin-starred restaurants to local food ...
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'A lasting impact': Center for Galapagos Studies receives $600,000 to fund research
A gift from the Royal Caribbean Group will fund three upcoming projects in the Galapagos Islands. Some funds from the gift ...
A visit to Seychelles’ Silhouette Island, home to the rarest bat in the world
The Aldabra Giant Tortoises are the second-largest species of tortoise in the world, next to the Galapagos, and can weigh up to 250 ... Today, they have been relocated across various islands in ...
Yakima Herald-Republic11d
Book Scene: "Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders"
An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders" by Cara Giaimo and Joshua Foer showed me how many animal and plant life ...
Interesting Engineering14d
Lazarus effect: 7 ‘extinct’ animals that made a shocking comeback from the dead
Let's take a look at the remarkable comebacks of seven more animal species that were once thought to be extinct.
Bucks Herald16d
Scout volunteer is off to the Galapagos Islands
Nearly 200 years after a young Charles Darwin left Plymouth on The Beagle and visited South America’s Galapagos Islands – a place key to making ... removing invasive plant species on land, planting ...
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The Slow-Motion Destruction of Tortoises’ Slow-Motion Migration
In the Galapagos, 12 distinct lineages of tortoises are spread across the archipelago’s 13 major islands, which lie some 1,000 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador. Traveling tortoises sustain ...
Greek City Times18d
Greece Approves Desalination Plants to Combat Water Shortages on Islands
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy has granted temporary licenses for the establishment of five desalination plants on four Greek islands, representing a crucial advancement in ...
St. Thomas Source19d
Virgin Islands ABCs Initiative: Cultivating Cultural Literacy Among St. Croix Youth
Knowing local Virgin Islands plants. Being knowledgeable about native land and sea animals of the Virgin Islands. Knowing cultural and folklore figures of the Virgin Islands. Identifying the ...