If you kept goats in Crete or Cyprus, chances are your animals browsed on common native shrubs called cistus. These are to the Mediterranean what sagebrush is to the American West, and thus share some ...

The germination response of different sized seeds from individuals of a Mediterranean fireprone shrub (Cistus ladanifer) was investigated in relation to pre-germination heating. A control (no heating) ...

It is hard to imagine a plant more deserving of a place in the early summer garden than cistus, or the sun rose. As tulips lose their shape and the apple blossom goes over, cistus comes into flower ...

“Ambergris, a waxy secretion formed in the intestines of sperm whales, is one of the most-sought-after substances in the world.”This description came from a January Bloomberg Businessweek detailing ...

"Ambergris, a waxy secretion formed in the intestines of sperm whales, is one of the most-sought-after substances in the world." This description came from a January Bloomberg Businessweek detailing ...

“Ambergris, a waxy secretion formed in the intestines of sperm whales, is one of the most-sought-after substances in the world.” This description came from a January Bloomberg Businessweek detailing ...