Theobrominated

Celmisia is a mostly New Zealand genus of Asteraceae, with about 70 species.  Many of them are alpine, and each is beautiful in its own ...

A planted grove of Casuarina cunninghamiana at Sunnynook Park, Auckland (Karly Garnock-Jones—photo) I don't think there's such ...

Apocynaceae is a large tropical family that's not well-represented in New Zealand.  In the native flora we have just Parsonsia , so-call...

Ivy-leaved toadflax, Cymbalaria muralis , Wellington, New Zealand. Toadflax is the English name for the genus Linaria and its relativ...

I'm in Auckland for the week and weekend.  It always feels a bit different from the rest of New Zealand. The low cone of Rangitoto  Is...

When we lived in Okuti Valley on Banks Peninsula, there was a tree lucerne right outside the back door, and there were nearly always a coup...

A commenter on Pharyngula wanted to know what people thought of Australians, so did a Google search on "Why are Australians so"...