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The new bed of shrubs already supporting other wildlife: more bees, a steady stream of butterflies, and on one particularly remarkable day so many monarchs that the entire patch shimmered.

Is an organism a sum of its parts, or should they be considered as a whole? New research on ferns shows how the way scientists understand evolution affects how they study life.

Amy Cordalis has watched the Klamath River reclaim its flow and says seeing the recovery 'brings me so much joy.' Julian Brave NoiseCat wrote about reclaiming Native ways in a book he described as ...

What are native plants? Either you love them, hate them or don’t really know what they are. If you fall into the latter ...

While urbanization has restricted and fragmented the natural ecosystems, it also creates new and diverse environmental ...

Community members planted 900 native plants in Maui to enhance coastal resilience against environmental threats like erosion.

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing will reconnect the Santa Monica Mountains to the rest of the world — for all wildlife.

Green Bay nixed No Mow May in the spring and has landed on giving away free native plants as the alternative. Now it just ...

Guided by faculty experts, an innovative restoration makes the beloved UChicago landmark a haven for visitors and wildlife ...