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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

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Plants could be manipulating sperm in completely new ways

By Laura Baisas

Pink clover meadow and blue sky.

This lawn-mowing robot can save part of your yard for pollinators

three plant species

Scientists discover how some flowers mimic the smell of death

By Lauren Leffer

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

Asexual parasitic plants break biology’s rules

By Laura Baisas

Armenian sapphire (muscari armeniacum) flowers closeup. Shallow depth of field.

How to revamp your lawn’s reputation with bulbs

By Debbie Wolfe

a mosquito under a microscope

What would a world without mosquitoes look like?

By RJ Mackenzie

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

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

Five saddled camels rest in the desert. Two are laying down towards the front of the scene and three are standing in the back.

They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains

By Marta Zaraska / Knowable Magazine

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

How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

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

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

a brick pathway through a lawn with clover

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

By Debbie Wolfe

Honeybee on a woman's fingertip

Honeybees understand basic math

bee on dandelion

Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers

By Katarina Zimmer / Knowable Magazine

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

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

Bee with QR sticker held in researcher's hand

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

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By Taylor Dotson / MIT Press Reader