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Scientists discover how some flowers mimic the smell of death

By Lauren Leffer

a flower with red petals and a large pole-like center growing in a tropical forest

Rare rotting-flesh smelling flower blooming at a Massachusetts college

By Margherita Bassi

several red and beige mushroom-like plants growing at the base of a tree

Asexual parasitic plants break biology’s rules

By Laura Baisas

PAMPORE, INDIA - NOVEMBER 8, 2024: A Kashmiri farmer showing saffron flowers in a field during the saffron harvest season in Pampore. Saffron is a spice derived from the ‘crocus sativus’ flower and is harvested once a year from October 21 to mid-November. The world's most expensive spice-Kashmiri saffron, often referred to as "Red Gold" sells for more than 10,000 US dollars per kilogram.

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters

By Theresa M. Crimmins / MIT Press Reader

a mosquito under a microscope

What would a world without mosquitoes look like?

By RJ Mackenzie

Monarch butterfly feeding on purple aster flower in summer floral background.

How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

An overhead shot of an ubran farm showing different segmented plots.

How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America

By Matt Simon / Grist

a peacock butterfly on a pink plant. its wings are primarily red, with black, yellow, and blue circles

Butterflies and moths suck up pollen with static electricity

By Laura Baisas

Ethiopian wolf licking nectar from Ethiopian red hot poker plant

Endangered Species

These wolves are the first known carnivores to ‘enjoy’ sweets

a brick pathway through a lawn with clover

Should you plant a clover lawn? The pros and cons.

By Debbie Wolfe

Visitors seen taking photos of the Corpse Flower's blossom at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. One of the biggest and smelliest flowers in the world blooms at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney in Australia on January 23, 2025. It last bloomed in Sydney in 2010.

5 facts about corpse flowers that don’t stink

By Laura Baisas

bee on dandelion

Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers

By Katarina Zimmer / Knowable Magazine

Honeybee on a woman's fingertip

Honeybees understand basic math

A large array of solar panels along Highway 41 in California's central valley

Farmers are making bank harvesting a new crop: Solar energy

By Matt Simon / Grist

Bee with QR sticker held in researcher's hand

Researchers glued teeny-tiny QR codes to 30,000 bees

Close up of blooming corpse flower

Scientists crack the mystery of why the corpse flower smells like death

CHICAGO - AUGUST 16: A walkway is visible along a side of the city of Chicago City Hall's rooftop garden August 16, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. The garden sits on the top of the 11-story city hall building and was first planted in 2000. The city says the rooftop garden/green roof consists of upwards of 100 species of growth in almost 20,000 plants. Two trees, shrubs and vines can also be found there. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities

By Matt Simon / Grist

Valley carpenter bee.

Our pest control is killing the bees

By Harriet Weber

Rusty-patched Bumblebee gathering nectar from a yellow flower

Rare bees kill Meta’s nuclear-powered AI data center plans

A purple and white carnivorous plant called Arisaema thunbergii growing in a forest. It has a tube and cup shaped flower and uses a musky odor to lure fungus gnats.

Bug-munching plant turns insect nurseries into death traps

By Laura Baisas

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a hand holding a yellow paper airplane against a blue sky

It’s National Paper Airplane Day: How to make a NASA-approved plane

By Laura Baisas

two sea slugs that are transluscent with yellow and black spots

Seed-size sea slug looks like an everything bagel

By Margherita Bassi

a gold medal from the 1924 olympics in paris. the text on one side reads VIII OLYMPIAD PARIS 1924 and has a rugby ball, discuss, and a harp etched in. the other shows a winner reaching down to help up a fallen competitor over the five interlocking olympic rings

Extremely rare 1924 Olympic gold medal up for auction

By Laura Baisas

hybrid cars on dealership lot

Why hybrids — not EVs — are winning over US consumers

By Tik Root/Grist