Leptospermum

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Australian tea tree

New Zealand tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium)

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Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

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Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Middle East bee locator map

Are the Middle East and the Near East the Same Thing?

Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

Uninvited Guests: The 7 Worst Parasitic Worms

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

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Australian tea tree

New Zealand tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium)

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woolly tea tree tea tree Australian tea tree New Zealand tea tree Myrtaceae eucalyptus Eugenia myrtle paperbark tree Callistemon

Quiz

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous

Demystified

Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

Do Plants Feel Pain?