31.7% of tropical Africa's vascular plant species could be threatened with extinction, reveals an international study. Using a new approach based on the key elements of the assessment process used by ...

Identifying critical areas for global biodiversity is an important step when prioritising areas for conservation, and generating biodiversity hotspot maps based on global species ranges -- at a scale ...

ATLANTA - A very unusual and rare flower is in bloom right now at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. According to a post by the Atlanta Botanical Garden, their African Corpse Flower is blooming in the ...

Although it might seem strange, the cape area of South Africa shares our Bay Area Mediterranean climate, the difference being a matter of north or south latitude. Because of this common climate, many ...

A new study, published today in the journal Science Advances, uses a novel methodology based on key components of the IUCN Red List’s assessment process to discern the potential conservation status of ...

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1. Functional diversity (FD) of pollinators can increase plant reproductive output and the stability of plant-pollinator communities. Yet, in times of world-wide pollinator declines, effects of global ...

History in Africa: A Journal of Method focuses on historiographical and methodological concerns. The journal publishes textual analysis and criticism, historiographical and bibliographical essays, ...

Visakhapatnam: An oft-seen flower in popular gardens for generations, gladiolus – a flower once only native to Africa and Asia Minor, can now be grown in the high-altitude areas of Chintapalle in ...