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

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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.

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 ...

The enduring mission to conserve and grow native plant communities distinguishes them from most botanic gardens, which often extract exotic plants from other parts of the world ...

However, the new neighbors did plant a privacy hedge along the redwood fence between us. Unfortunately, this hedge was ...

The wide-open vistas of the Texas High Plains weren’t always cotton fields and center-pivots, they were once carpeted in ...

Creating a native garden for its low-maintenance needs, environmental benefits, or to attract wildlife and pollinators? These ...