Two police community support officers are under investigation after they were spotted hiding behind a tree as a man was beaten up by three teenage girls. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Bavarian police said on Thursday they have likely identified the bones found hanging more than 30 feet up a tree as those of a man who left a suicide note almost three decades ago and hasn’t been seen since. picked by kakana 8 months ago

More than three dozen marijuana plants seized by authorities from a Fort Collins couple were returned to them dead today by police. The couple, James and Lisa Masters, along with their attorneys, said they will take legal action... picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

Emerge from the heavy foliage of the Oasis - Before you stands the 145-foot tall Tree of Life. The branches span 165 feet across. There are over 100,000 leaves on the tree and the trunk is 50 feet wide. 20 artists carved into the trunk, branches and roots over 320 animals. Thousands worked on the construction of the Tree of Life which took 18 months to build. Photos picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Police Capt. Randy Pentis said having a person allegedly call a tree service to remove someone else's tree is rare. "It's criminal," Pentis said. "It's grand theft of property." picked by hisidea 2 years ago

A rare ghost orchid has been found growing high in an old cypress tree in a southwest Florida nature preserve. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Police confirm the odd-looking plants they pulled last week from a flower basket in Millville's business district were indeed marijuana. picked by proverb 2 months ago

The Botanicalls project is fundamentally about communication between plants and people. We are empowering both by inventing new avenues of interaction. Plants that might otherwise be neglected are given the ability to call and text message people to request assistance. People who are unsure of their ability to effectively care for growing things are given visual and aural clues using common human ... read full post picked by bingo 12 months ago

German police broke into a darkened flat fearing they would find a dead body after neighbours complained of a nasty smell seeping out onto the staircase. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Plants soak up an incredible amount of sunlight, absorbing 95% of its energy. Amazingly they do this with very little loss of sunlight as heat because they manage to convert the light into carbohydrates in one million billionths of a second. How plants manage this feat has been a mystery. A possible answer has now been found and it opens up new mysteries. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

U.S. scientists have found tropical plants might be more adaptable than thought to changing rainfall patterns accompanying global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

With gothic glee, Amy Stewart takes us through plants that tighten throats, paralyze nerves, induce hallucinations or seizures, and stop the heart.
"I wanted this book, Wicked Plants – The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities to be creepy enough to appeal to people who like murder mysteries," Stewart says picked by Bingo 5 months ago

The tree, a deciduous hybrid related to the rowan, was first noticed in a small lay-by at Watersmeet in North Devon in the 1930s with a no-parking sign tacked to the bark.

It is only recently that scientists have undertaken a biochemical analysis to confirm the tree is a new species and it was formally named yesterday. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

This DC-area woman has size 13.5 feet, a possible world record! And the proof is to be seen here as she hangs those amazing feet out the window of her SUV. An unfair advantage in barefoot water skiing? Yes, probably ....Sorry, Autumn. I know how you hate feet. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

A Japanese prison is scrambling to eradicate marijuana plants that keep sprouting up on its exercise ground. Officials plucked out as many as 300 marijuana plants and treated the ground last year, but several more sprouted again this year. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

This Article explains how to decorate your interiors with exquisite topiary plants. picked by submitedge 3 years ago

A man is dead after being trapped more than 50 feet up in a palm tree, but fire officials say it probably wasn't the chainsaw wound to his leg that killed him picked by suebe 8 months ago

"Local police departments team up with the DEA and National Guard in the sky to identify marijuana by its telltale hue, yielding tens of thousands of pot plants and hundreds of arrests. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel, really—pot is Washington’s second-largest cash crop, after apples." picked by derami 2 years ago

A Christmas tree inside a northwest Ohio village police department is decorated with more than just the usual trimmings. Mug shots of local sex offenders are pasted on some of the ornaments. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Pumpkins don't usually grow on trees, but that's exactly where a New Jersey family found one this weekend. The Phillips family found a 10-pound orange object hanging on a vine from a tree in their backyard. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago