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ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER

Nov 30, 2001

By Rowan Hooper

* Japanese name: Hitosujishimaka * Scientific name: Aedes albopictus * Description: A small, soft-bodied insect, the tiger mosquito is instantly recognizable by the black-and-white bands on its legs, and the distinctive white “racing stripe” on its black thorax. The antennae are tufted and are shorter...

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ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL

Nov 29, 2001

Where’s the best bloomin’ desert in the world?

By Gerard Taaffe

Huntington Botanic Gardens is magnificent. Comprising no fewer than 15 specialized gardens set on 54 hectares of the 86-hectare San Marino estate a mere 20 km northeast of downtown Los Angeles, it is home to an astonishing 14,000-plus species of plants.

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ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER

Nov 23, 2001

Forest cockroach

By Rowan Hooper

* Japanese name: Morichabane gokiburi * Scientific name: Blattella nipponica * Description: These sleek insects are 11-14 mm long, with two pairs of wings. Adults are brown, although when they change from a nymph into an adult, the body is white, as in the photo. During the transformation, the wings...

ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH

Nov 22, 2001

Alien killers revel in ‘cute pet’ role

By Mark Brazil

As a family, cats have successfully colonized the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, with only Australia among the larger landmasses lacking native species. They range in size from the immense Siberian tiger to the diminutive black-footed cat of southern Africa, and take an equally diverse range of prey....

ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH

Nov 22, 2001

Singing the praises of glorious mud flats

By Stephen Hesse

How’s this for a writer with a bee in his shorts?: “Upon ratifying the Ramsar Convention, Japan agreed to ‘promote the conservation of wetlands and waterfowl by establishing nature reserves in wetlands . . . and providing adequately for their wardening’ [Article 4]. So far, Japan has made no effort to...

ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER

Nov 16, 2001

By Rowan Hooper

* Japanese name: Kusagikamemushi * Scientific name: Halyomorpha halys * Description: Most people call all insects “bugs,” but strictly speaking, only one order of insect, those with piercing mouthparts, are true bugs -- the stink bug is one of them. It belongs to a family called shieldbugs, because...

ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL

Nov 15, 2001

Travel the world in a tree-lover’s heaven

By Gerard Taaffe

When I arrived at Los Angeles airport in June, my friend Joan Juenemann was there to meet me. My stay in California was to be only three days, but Joan had kindly prepared an itinerary taking in one garden with its own unique character each day.

Japan Times

ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER

Nov 9, 2001

By Rowan Hooper

* Japanese name: Aburamushi * Scientific name: Aphididae * Description: Aphids are small, green insects that grow 1-6 mm long. They have soft, oval-shaped bodies, sometimes with wings and sometimes without. They have long, tubular mouths, like drinking straws. There are more than 600 species of aphid...

ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH

Nov 8, 2001

Creation of wants and the damage done

By Stephen Hesse

Who’s consuming whom? Are we consuming advertising and living a better life because it educates us about a wide range of choices? Or is advertising consuming us, urging us to want, need and buy whatever the market has to offer?

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ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH

Nov 8, 2001

Natural-born killers rich in grace and guile

By Mark Brazil

When all that separates you from the night is a thin layer of canvas, and when that night consists of a darkness that is thick and soft like a blanket, sounds seem very close.

ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER

Nov 2, 2001

By Rowan Hooper

* Japanese Name: Namitento* Scientific name: Harmonia axyridis

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ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL

Nov 1, 2001

A wonderland wrought from one man’s vision

By Gerard Taaffe

In June this year I had the pleasure of visiting three wonderful gardens in California -- all of which I would strongly recommend for a leisurely and enjoyable visit. I will cover one apiece in this and two following articles.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

By Alex K.T. Martin

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