Heliconia rostrata, the hanging lobster claw or false bird of paradise, is a herbaceous perennial plant native to El Salvador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, and naturalized in Puerto Rico.[2] Other heliconias grow in an upright position (e.g. Heliconia … [Read more...] about Heliconia rostrata
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Tens of Thousands of 12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Colombia
The images—heralded by researchers as “the Sistine Chapel of the ancients”—depict animals, humans and geometric patterns Toward the end of the last Ice Age, prehistoric artists painted tens of thousands of images—including depictions of mastodons, giant sloths and other now-extinct animals—on cliff walls in the Amazon rainforest, reports Dalya Alberge for … [Read more...] about Tens of Thousands of 12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Colombia