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Plants

Wildlife

A Helping Hand for Mangroves

Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.
May 12, 2025
by
Melissa Gaskill
Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.
Reviews

How Will Your Garden Grow? New Books to Inspire Your Home Gardening, Landscaping, and Community Green Spaces

Start your transformative journey of creating sustainable plantscapes that embrace native, non-invasive, pro-pollinator plant species.
March 12, 2025
by
Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
Start your transformative journey of creating sustainable plantscapes that embrace native, non-invasive, pro-pollinator plant species.
Oceans & Clean Water

Seagrass Gardening

From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.
February 18, 2025
by
Melissa Gaskill
From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.
Extinction Countdown

The Curlew, the Cactus, and the Obliterated Whitefish: The Species We Lost in 2024

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.
February 11, 2025
by
John R. Platt
Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.
Wildlife

Saguaro Struggles: A Desert Icon Feels the Heat

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.
January 27, 2025
by
Karen Mockler
Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.
Reviews

20 Environmental Books to Inspire You in the Year Ahead

Our latest group of reviews showcases books that remind us about what we’re saving — and why we do it.
December 11, 2024
by
John R. Platt
Our latest group of reviews showcases books that remind us about what we’re saving — and why we do it.
Wildlife

War Threatens Ukraine’s Unique Red Seaweed Fields. Here’s How Scientists Monitor Them From Afar

These beautiful ecosystems recently began to recover from overexploitation. Will Russia’s invasion once again push them over the brink?
October 23, 2024
by
Elyse Hauser
These beautiful ecosystems recently began to recover from overexploitation. Will Russia’s invasion once again push them over the brink?
A woman's eyes amidst leaves
Wildlife

All the Plants We Cannot See

Our culture has moved away from a fascination with the greenery around us. Experts warn that “plant blindness” could come with a cost.
October 17, 2024
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Karen Mockler
Our culture has moved away from a fascination with the greenery around us. Experts warn that “plant blindness” could come with a cost.
Wildlife

Are Botanists Endangered?

As funding drops and institutions change, the study of plants appears to be withering on the vine. That’s letting critical skills go extinct.
September 23, 2024
by
Karen Mockler
As funding drops and institutions change, the study of plants appears to be withering on the vine. That’s letting critical skills go extinct.
Wildlife

Hope Blooms: A Tale of Two Manzanitas

A single Franciscan manzanita plant nicknamed Francie, the last of its kind from the wild, charts an unlikely comeback in San Francisco.
August 5, 2024
by
Karen Mockler
A single Franciscan manzanita plant nicknamed Francie, the last of its kind from the wild, charts an unlikely comeback in San Francisco.

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