Right Whales, Wrong Place
The good news is that endangered whales can be found where they were thought extinct. The bad news is that a sea-going superhighway may soon overtake their unknown refuge.
‘Exploder’ alter ego: Sandbox Tree
The dark pointed spines protruding from the smooth brown bark of the sandbox tree give the plant an…
‘Inferno’ alter ego: Cogongrass
Wanted dead, never alive. Having taken up root on every continent except Antarctica, cogongrass is considered one of…
‘Toxic’ alter ego: Sago Palm
Pet owners and parents beware. The sago palm wants you to think it’s just a pretty addition to…
‘Stingstro’ alter ego: The Stinging Tree
Australia is home to some of the world’s most deadly animals including the box jellyfish, the funnel-web spider,…
‘Dr. Spawn’ alter ego: Ragweed
Ah, the sweet smell of ragweed … bane of every outdoor allergy sufferer’s existence. Come late summer and…
‘Sunburn’ alter ego: Blister Bush
All plants need the sun in order to grow, but leave it to blister bush to use the…
‘Poison’ alter ego: Deadly Nightshade
The dark, intensely sweet berries of deadly nightshade may taste appealing, but ingesting one too many could be…
‘The Strangler’ alter ego: Kudzu
In one of the best examples of promotion gone terribly, terribly wrong, kudzu — lovingly referred to as…
‘Spreader’ alter ego: Killer Algae
The most threatening of comic book villains can escape captivity, be it a prison or a mental asylum,…