The first fossil thrips in Africa: this tiny insect pest met its end in a volcanic lake 90 million years ago
Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...
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Why every Southern California garden could use an African blue basil plant
Herbs. If I had to single out a single plant to recommend for every Southern California garden, African blue basil (Ocimum ...
Lost fynbos seeds from underground ‘time capsules’ in South Africa can grow again – new study
Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...
Discovery of a new species of fossil tree helps paint picture of ancient African forest
Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other ...
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Why every Southern California garden could use an African blue basil plant
Herbs. If I had to single out a single plant to recommend for every Southern California garden, African blue basil (Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum) would be it. It is a hybrid between ...
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South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi will withdraw troops from conflict-torn eastern Congo
FILE - South African soldiers, part of the Southern African Development Community's mission to fight against armed rebel groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, stand in Goma as ...
What happened to the world's most famous pot plant in the Oval Office?
It was the world's most famous houseplant that has sat on the mantel on the Oval Office since the JFK administration. But what has Trump done with the 'Swedish ivy' - which actually isn't Swedish but ...