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Desert wildflowers
Orange and yellow annual wildflowers emerging and blooming after winter rains in...
Winfried Bruenken
A vivid tapestry of color
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the driest places on Earth, erupting...
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Fireweed
A field of fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) flourishing among burned...
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Podcasts

“Plants on Fire”
Melissa Petruzzello of Encyclopædia Britannica and Emily Booth of Temple University...