Rarest Flower in the World Blooms in the UK (PICS)

Photos via the BBC It’s one of the (if not the ) rarest flower in the world: the Middlemist’s Red exists in only two known locations: a greenhouse in the UK, and a garden in New Zealand. Imported to Britain two hundred years ago from China, back when flowers where a luxury item, it has since been exterminated in its original homeland

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Study Finds Large Animals in India are Facing Extinction Even in Protected Areas

The Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary in India. Image credit: Raveesh Vyas India has had a system of wildlife sanctuaries since 1928. Now, there are more than 500 in the country ranging from dedicated tiger and bird reserves to more general areas intend to protect habitats rich in biological diversity.

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Hard Rocker Joins Fight for His Homeland’s Forests

Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr. Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian , surely the world’s most famous Armenian-American rock star, sent a me..

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80 Rare Butterflies Released to Spend their Short Lives in the Wild

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Until the 20th century, the Palos Verdes peninsula—a small spit of land south of Los Angeles—was the only home of the blue butterfly Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis .

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80 Rare Butterflies Released to Spend their Short Lives in the Wild

How Best to Debate Climate Deniers on TV? Simple: Don’t.

Photo via Sheerman-Chase I can’t wait to see the comments on this one. Really, I can’t

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How Best to Debate Climate Deniers on TV? Simple: Don’t.

Can Fish Stay on Restaurant Menus? Chef Dan Barber Explores Revolutionary Approach to Fish Farming (Video)

Photo via casers jean How do we keep fish on the menu?

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Life on the Endangered Species Waiting List

The greater sage-grouse was deemed to be “warranted but precluded” by the U.S.

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Life on the Endangered Species Waiting List

Let’s Not Forget: Even Without CO2, Coal Would Still Be Very Dirty

“Orthographic aerial photograph of Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill, in Kingston, Tennessee, taken the day after the event.” Photo: Public domain CO2 is Important, But Not the Only Thing David Roberts over at Grist has a great rebuttal of Thom Friedman’s latest column in which he and investor… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tiger Cubs Found Dead in Indian National Park

Image credit: tibchris /Flickr Two tiger cubs were found dead in the Ranthambhore national park in India this weekend. Though an investigation is still under way, officials reported that early evidence suggests the cubs were poisoned…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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8 Electric Concept Cars Shaking Up the Auto Industry Right Now

Image via Porsche Most of the excitement at Geneva this year didn’t come from the announcement of new production model cars. No, the task of riling up the auto press was left to the hyper-fuel efficient vehicle concepts trotted out by carmakers that represent the best prospects for the cars of the future. Thankfully, there were a slew of them

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