This week we harvested Wild Four O' Clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea) seeds. You may have seen this plant before! It tends to sprout in disturbed areas, especially those with poor soils like gravel or clay of roadsides, ditches, railroad tracks, and even urban alleys. Why the name you ask? In the summer, these magenta flowers start to open in late-afternoon and remain open to be pollinated by various insects throughout the night. This plant attracts wondrous moths like the White-lined Sphinx Moth and

#VantageOnFirstpost: Scientists Discover New Dinosaur Species in Africa's Sahara Desert Scientists have identified a new species of Spinosaurus in Niger, named Spinosaurus mirabilis. Dating back around 95 million years, the fossils were found in what is now the Sahara Desert, an area once filled with rivers and wetlands. The discovery suggests these giant predators lived and hunted in freshwater environments rather than open oceans. Estimated at around 12 metres long and weighing up to seven ton