Plants

It’s time to rethink the American lawn: a landscaping default that sucks up money, water, chemicals, and time.

Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.

Start your transformative journey of creating sustainable plantscapes that embrace native, non-invasive, pro-pollinator plant species.

From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.

Our latest group of reviews showcases books that remind us about what we’re saving — and why we do it.

These beautiful ecosystems recently began to recover from overexploitation. Will Russia’s invasion once again push them over the brink?

Our culture has moved away from a fascination with the greenery around us. Experts warn that “plant blindness” could come with a cost.

As funding drops and institutions change, the study of plants appears to be withering on the vine. That’s letting critical skills go extinct.