
Pre-colombian land usage in the amazon region.
Evidence indicates that the land has been extensively cultivated in the past. "Earthworks were built within man-made forests that had...


The amazon genome project
A research team from Denmark and Brazil has a mission: Tapping into the scientific, biotechnological, and medical potential of the plant...


Lançamento da Flora de Carajás
Parabéns aos colegas e amigos Ana Giulietti e Pedro Lage e também ao grande time de taxonomistas que viabilizou o projeto. Parabéns...


The genomics wave is still going strong.
From Nature: "For the head of AstraZeneca’s genomics initiative, the challenge is not just getting the sequences, but in putting them to...

Huge sponge species discovered
A very large new sponge species was discovered off Hawaii along with awsome creatures by