The University of Melbourne and the Lord Mayor of Melbourne today launched Australia’s largest green roof research and outreach project at the University’s Burnley Campus near Richmond. The Burnley Green Roofs Project will determine the best plant species and soils to use on city roofs, demonstrate how green roofs can use storm water and reduce [...]

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Courtesy of Florida International University News Giant eyeballs aren’t a regular topic of conversation for FIU professor Heather Bracken-Grissom. But then again, such things don’t normally wash ashore in South Florida. A softball-size eyeball was found on Pompano Beach Oct. 10. The strange blue orb, found by a beachgoer, left people from all across the country wondering [...]

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Courtesy of The Australian National University A team of scientists from The Australian National University has discovered a new species of lizard hidden among the sand dunes of Western Australia’s coastline. However, mankind’s encounter with this new species may be short-lived. Urban sprawl and habitat destruction are already pushing the tiny creature towards extinction. The [...]

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By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News Center Publicity over the past 25 years about the decline of amphibians worldwide has had one positive effect: More and more biologists began scouring the planet for new or lost species of frogs and salamanders and found thousands more. Nearly 3,000 new ones have been discovered, raising the number [...]

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Looking for a young, motivated person for an environmental PhD fellowship at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. The 3-year fellowship (14,000 Euros/year approx.) will focus on analyzing the effectiveness and equity implications of carbon and biodiversity offsets in Mexico, informed by qualitatitive and quantitative methods. Gary Martin [...]

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Jonathan Drori shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential plant species. All life depends on plants.   About Jonathan Drori Tweet

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