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More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the ...
Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to ...
Botanists discovered a new plant species in Colombia that is already endangered, naming it Aphelandra almanegra.
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The future of some of the world's rarest plants remains uncertain after a heating system broke down in a special glasshouses ...
ATLANTA— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a final rule to protect the Ocmulgee skullcap as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The Service also designated 6,661 acres of ...