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66Jewels That Smell Like Flowers
Cosmo Sunshine This tropical haven, which ranks 5th in biodiversity among the world’s islands, is home to many plant species found nowhere else in the world. The fact that the island emerged from the ocean...
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53Save the Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest is found on Brazil's eastern seaboard. It is estimated that originally it made up some 14% of the land area of Brazil. Sadly, in 2008 it makes up only 1.4%. In fact, according to the...
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59Control Insects with Companion Plants
Organic gardeners know that biodiversity makes for a healthy and beautiful garden, and that certain plant combinations have the extraordinary capability for helping each other grow. While scientific study of...
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59Book Review: "Bringing Nature Home"
Last night, my mother and I attended a very enjoyable lecture by Douglas W. Tallamy, a professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. We immediately bought his book, Bringing...
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50Diabetes and Native Americans
The Creator made plants,animals, birds and the earth so that we humans could live with these in peace. Everything we needed was here on the earth and the plants and animals especially had good medicine for us...
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77Foods Genetically Modified-- Are They Safe? A look at GMO and The Need to Buy Organic Foods
Genetically Modified Foods or GMO- what are the risks to your health? How can you know if your fruits and veggies are GMO? Are there any benefits to GMO? Listed here...
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73Book Review: "Where the Wild Things Were"
Photo by Emerald Isle Druid Veteran science writer William Stolzenburg's first book Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators is a passionate call for...
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66The Unforseeable Harm in Genetically Modifying Organisms
The topic of genetic engineering has historically been controversial, and as technology advances the possibilities of genetic experimentation widen. From the first cloned sheep to implanting genes into...
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54AfRICA - Land of Savagery and Wonder
"I bless the rains down in Africa." Excerpt from "Africa" lyric by TOTO
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57Rainforests of the World
Gabon is home to some of Africa's most bio-diverse rainforests. Nearly 80 percent of the country is forest and Gabon has an estimated 8,000-10,000 species of plants (20 percent of which are endemic), over 670...
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