Plants

When humans bring new plants to an ecosystem, it can slowly push out the original inhabitants. Research shows us how to identify this threat before plant species become “the living dead.”

New research finds many will have a tough road ahead.

As the dams come down, crews prepare for miles of new vegetation to rise up. That starts with thousands of tiny acorns.

One of the world’s oldest and rarest trees survives at a secret gorge in Australia, but it still faces many threats — from fire to fungi.

This year we bid farewell to two lost frogs, the Chinese paddlefish, a plant from New Hampshire, and many others.

A rare “orchid of the falls” plant has been declared extinct after a hydroelectric dam destroyed its only habitat. Could others soon follow?

The new book Nowhere Left to Go shows how climate change threatens myriad species. But there are ways we can help.

We know more than ever about the abundance of life in the soil. Now we have to step up to save it.

It’s not just the coastlines that are recording climate change. Even the mountains of North Carolina are feeling the heat — including some endangered plants.

Seven new environmental books offer practical advice, lessons from successful conservation projects and inspiration in troubled times.