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May 18, 2026, 01:06 PM - 7 min read
Unsustainable harvesting of Mediterranean orchids is pushing wild populations toward extinction. If the trend persists, orchid blooms may become a rare sight not just across the eastern Mediterranean region, but parts of Asia as well. Protecting these blooms requires a shift in cultivation practices and global coordination.
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May 15, 2026, 03:12 PM - 6 min read
The plants use sticky, liquid-like protein droplets that trap and disable invading viruses, revealed a study by a team of scientists from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), a CSIR institution.
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April 20, 2026, 04:31 PM - 5 min read
Its seeds are effective throughout a full treatment cycle, including flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration.
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March 26, 2026, 12:37 PM - 5 min read
Cacti are icons of slow growth. A towering saguaro may take a decade to reach an inch tall and the psychedelic peyote takes decades to mature. Yet the cactus family is one of the fastest-evolving plant groups on Earth. Over the past 20 to 35 million years, around 1,850 cacti species have come into existence. Although this sounds slow, in geological time it is the blink of an eye.
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January 20, 2026, 02:16 PM - 5 min read
These plant names are more than just vocabulary items in endangered or undocumented languages. They provide researchers with leads to a treasure trove of medical knowledge, cultural history, and unrecorded oral traditions.
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November 14, 2025, 01:44 PM - 1 min read
She started the plantation campaign as she treated them as her children to fill the void in life for being childless.
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June 5, 2024, 06:58 PM - 2 min read
This initiative was launched on World Environment Day by the Board's Chief Executive Officer, Anshul Garg, at the base camp in Katra.
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