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International Herald Tribune - France
Greenpeace appealed to European Union officials Wednesday not to approve the use of two genetically modified corn crops.
The environmental group staged a protest at EU headquarters, arguing the crops pose a major risk to insects like butterflies and could damage local ecosystems.
Greenpeace appeals to EU to reject use of 2 new biotech corn products
University of Delaware - Newark,DE,USA
–Delaware’s native plants make it possible for the state’s 850,000 people to exist, says Douglas Tallamy, chairperson of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at UD.
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Today’s world can seem less glamorous than it once was, and proof of how sartorial standards have slipped among gardeners can be found in a newly published collection of portraits of plants and people
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
AUSTRALIAN design is destined to be a horticultural show-stopper at next year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
The solution has been to find interesting evergreen perennials and subshrubs that would live happily between the ferns (Dryopteris normalis)
Swissinfo - Switzerland
Experts are debating whether a larch in the Valais mountains, estimated at 1,500 years old, is indeed Switzerland’s oldest tree.
The Associated Press - INDIANAPOLIS
Growing up in the 1920s, Bill Lord remembers feasting on the sweet, rich nuts of American chestnut trees — the majestic species that a fungus would soon all but wipe out.
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Every November, as our thoughts turn to Thanksgiving gatherings, hundreds of thousands of birds begin arriving in San Francisco Bay. For thousands of generations, these birds have arrived here for the winter because it has always been a place abundant with food.
On Protecting Our Environment The ’stuff’ we buy hurts the birds we love
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
If the earth moves you, then this is where you’ll get all the best dirt on what lives, what dies and how everything in the soil is connected by an ever-expanding web of life.
ScienceAlert - Australia
Moths and butterflies, particularly silkworms, are well known producers of silk. And we all know spiders use it for their webs. But they are not the only invertebrates who make use of the strength and versatility of silk.
