An albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird, greater than 3 metres (10 feet).. or the length of one car.
Biomedical/Pharmaceutical
The plants in the Earth's forests may contain many of the answers to cure our diseases. One recent example is taxol - a compound made from the bark, wood and roots of the Pacific yew tree that is being used to fight both ovarian and breast cancer. We are supporting several studies, which are both investigating medicinal properties of plants and understanding how the First Peoples use indigenous plants.