Baobab trees
Baobab trees are associated with many colourful stories. In African folklore, the tree is sometimes called the upside-down tree because… Read More »Baobab trees
Baobab trees are associated with many colourful stories. In African folklore, the tree is sometimes called the upside-down tree because… Read More »Baobab trees
Why stick yeast with such an outrageously unpronounceable name as Saccharomyces cerevisiae? What is it with biologists that they have… Read More »Yeast
“You could start now, and spend another forty years learning about the sea without running out of new things to… Read More »Deep seas 1
Does the thought of something brown, wet and slimy that can grow up to 60 cm (2 ft) per day… Read More »Giant Kelp
If someone says reef, most people will immediately think of coral reefs, but there are reefs based on oysters too.… Read More »Oysters reefs
Bamboo is in the same league as giant kelp when it comes to growing fast, but considering that, as a… Read More »Bamboo
Some people may have heard about shea butter as they have used it as a skin creme, or a hair… Read More »Shea tree
Cinchona is a shining example of an ecosystem service – the service known as – pharma-cog-nosy. Pharma what? OK, pharmacognosy… Read More »Cinchona
Moths. Some people are scared of moths; so many in fact, that the word "Mottephobia" was coined to describe this… Read More »Bogong moth