Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport does a brisk business in «scorpion suckers» (hard candy with a scorpion in the center), and racks up a million dollars in sales of cactus plants each year. (cnbc.com)
From a childhood fascination with cactus plants, to field work in Brazil tracing the wild progenitor of the cassava plant, to learning the subtleties of rice cultivation from an expert farmer in the highlands of Thailand, evolutionary biologist Barbara Schaal has found science to be «just so much... (aaas.org)
They come without metal springs and instead use coconut fibers, seaweed gathered from Greek beaches, fibers culled from cactus plants and horsehair treated with natural rubber. (treehugger.com)