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Nature News: Orchids, the fairies of the plant world
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoI didn’t really have an opinion about orchids, other than knowing you have to be really into houseplants to keep them alive, until reading “The Orchid...
A rare wild flower is the star of the Florida swamp. But can the ghost orchid survive?
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn “The Orchid Thief,” author Susan Orlean wrote of a “phantom” flower hidden deep in the swamps of...
Why One of the Weirdest Adaptations Ever Is Actually Perfect
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPhoto Illusttration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Max/Paramount+/Everett Collection/GettySusan...
Column: Here's why you can't 'own' your ebooks
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPublishers and authors rightly fear that they'll lose out financially from the digitization of books; but it's also quite possible that, properly...
Palm Desert library closed for 'refresh' until July amid transition from county system
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe Palm Desert Public Library will be closed until the start of July for a “refresh” as officials...
Feds agree to start process that could establish ghost orchid habitat in south Florida
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoA recent agreement between several environmental groups and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Chelsea Boes: Eliza the rooster and the suburban phenomenon of chicken-mania
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt is a truth universally acknowledged that an adventurous soul in possession of a sizable backyard must also be in want of chickens. I’m talking about chicken-mania. You can read about the ...
A rare 'Super' ghost orchid is blooming at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Here's how to see it
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFireworks of another kind have begun in the wilds of Southwest Florida. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in...
Wimpy kids, dark hours and dog man: What Los Angeles is reading as the library turns 150
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the Los Angeles Public Library celebrates 150 years, the city's readers are back in force with...
Ken Brecher, anthropologist and longtime champion of Los Angeles humanities, dies at 78
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoKen Brecher, former president of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, executive director of the...