Exclusive: New Parasitic Plant’s Scientific Name
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 6th, 2008
Revealed, through an exclusive from the discoverer, the first word on the new Latin name for this new plant species. Images.
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 6th, 2008
Revealed, through an exclusive from the discoverer, the first word on the new Latin name for this new plant species. Images.
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 2nd, 2008
Cryptobotany: George Yatskievych, Ph.D.,
Curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, made the find and identification. Images.
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 25th, 2008
Ohio has a secret, which has been revealed a bit. A secret tree, that is. The state has kept their secret for seven years. They retain part of the hidden knowledge about the above pictured tree, because they aren’t telling anyone where it is located.
This Ohio treasure’s existence was closely guarded until […]
Read: An Old Chestnut »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 24th, 2008
A quick overview of the African island’s unknown animals reveals there may be more surprises from there in the next decade. Cryptid drawings.
Read: Madagascar’s Cryptids »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 28th, 2008
Some people wondered if pitcher plants can actually “eat” (i.e. dissolve and digest) rats? Here are two videos that address the issue and a counter-argument. Graphic videos. Do not watch while eating!
Read: Rats! Or Not? »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 24th, 2008
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This is the first of its kind, the discovery of a new species of mushroom that stands straight up under flowing water. Photo.
Read: Underwater Mushroom Discovered »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 17th, 2008
Dr. Bill Baker of the Royal Botanic Gardens said finding the plant was equivalent to a zoologist identifying a new species of elephant hidden in a jungle. Photo.
Read: New Monster Palm Discovered »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 28th, 2007
A fascinating video report has been broadcast about the cow-eating tree, the eyewitness villagers, and the cow.
Read: Cow-Eating Tree Video »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 28th, 2007
The man-eating tree of Madagascar seems to have been the progenitor of a whole literary dynasty of sinister plants: H.G. Wells’ Strange Orchid; John Wyndham’s peripatetic Triffids; the Widow’s Weed in Gus Arriola’s “Gordo” comic strip; and, not least, Audrey II of “Little Shop of Horrors.” Photo. Map.
Read: More On Man-Eating Plants »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 23rd, 2007
Talk a walk on the wild side of cryptobotany, but don’t venture too close to that tree branch. Breaking news just in tells of carnivorous trees grabbing humans and cattle! Plus here are some sources for further reading. With a woodcut image (naturally).
Read: India’s Cow-Eating Trees »
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