Variety

New Guinea has the greatest variety of plants of any island in the world

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New Guinea has the most diverse island plant life in the world according to researchers, who found it had 20 per cent more flora than Madagascar or Borneo. Experts from the University of Zurich examined 700,000 plant specimens from the southwestern Pacific island as part of a study into its ecosystem diversity.   Two-thirds of the species … Read more

Variety Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller takes a two-month leave

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Variety’s editor-in-chief will take a two month administrative leave after calling a reporter who criticized the newsroom’s lack of diversity ‘bitter’ and being confronted by angry employees. Variety held an all-hands company meeting following a heated Twitter exchange between Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller and journalist Piya Sinha-Roy. Deadline reports that Eller’s leave will last two months … Read more