WHEREVER you are in the country it’s pretty grim right now. Chances are you’re either freezing cold, soaking wet or both – ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept ...

Y ou’ve seen blue orchids at your local florist or grocery store and probably thought – is that real?? You wouldn’t be wrong ...

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a ...

TICKETS for Christmas at Kew are already on sale – even though the festive season only ended a few weeks ago. While most ...

Orchids, belonging to the Orchidaceae family, are among the most diverse and widespread flowering plants on Earth. With over ...

As per taxonomic rules, the species from Norfolk Island retained the name Adelopetalum argyropus because it was the first ...

Researchers have long known that islands are hotspots for species diversity. But, until recently, there weren't precise ...

The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and Red Listing Target ... In the same update, 90% of all lemur species (all endemic to Madagascar) were shown to be threatened - these slipper orchids thus ...

as you’ll shock these tropical plants.” Using the wrong soil Orchids don’t grow well in traditional potting soil, the expert warned. Instead, they need a mix that allows airflow around the ...

Despite its fresh debut, the plant is already endangered by mining projects in Madagascar, which clear the trees it lives on. To protect it from orchid hunters, Farminhão and his colleagues are ...

Retired Air Force veteran Jon Hanson turned his vanilla-making hobby into a business, sourcing beans from Madagascar, Mexico and Tahiti. Jon Hanson, owner of Hanson's Vanilla in Fargo, imports ...