Seagrass meadows, mangroves and kelp forests are carbon sinks. Restoring or protecting them addresses both biodiversity loss and the climate crisis.

Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National Park last March, a volunteer and a park ranger came across a plant they didn't recognize.

Three New Zealand islands will join an international initiative to remove invasive species and restore native wildlife. With ...

A new plant species called the Wooly Devil has been discovered at Big Bend National Park in Texas, the National Park Service announced Monday. The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata, was first ...

A technique lets seeds grow freely and cuts down on the pileup of leftover plastic cell packs. Ron DiGravio of Johnny’s Selected Seeds came to soil blocking when he began farming about 15 years ...

Like most gardeners, I have favorite plants I’ve been growing for years and will continue to grow, like fragrant and tasty Big Boy tomatoes, wide Romano-type Italian flat beans, climbing ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas – A new plant species has been discovered at Big Bend National Park, the park announced in a news release Monday. In March 2024, two staff members found tiny plants ...

It’s a great accent plant because its golden foliage is so vibrant and contrasts beautifully with a wide range of other plants. It also works well as a ground cover in hot, sunny areas.

Try to fathom the power of 1 million nuclear power plants. Now, imagine there is a way to pack the equivalent of that into the pulse of a laser beam—even if it’s only for one quadrillionth of ...

The idea of floating nuclear plants isn't new. Reactors have been installed in submarines and ships since the USS Nautilus in 1954 and the first floating power plant dates back to 1967. The idea ...

It turns out that when staffers at Big Bend National Park came across a tiny, fuzzy-looking plant last year, they had stumbled upon a new species. In March 2024, a park ranger and botany program ...

Portland wants to plant 660,000 trees over the next 40 years and launch a citywide and city-managed street tree maintenance program that will take the financial burden off residents. A draft of ...