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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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Visit one of the world’s most prolific research stations in Colorado mountains

By Alisha McDarris

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

Asexual parasitic plants break biology’s rules

By Laura Baisas

yellow pollen shooting out of a red flower

Plants could be manipulating sperm in completely new ways

By Laura Baisas

three plant species

Scientists discover how some flowers mimic the smell of death

By Lauren Leffer

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

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 moth flying up to a white flower

These furry moths smell with their wings

By Sara Hashemi

a mosquito under a microscope

What would a world without mosquitoes look like?

By RJ Mackenzie

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

How to revamp your lawn’s reputation with bulbs

By Debbie Wolfe

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

Pink clover meadow and blue sky.

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

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

How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

Honeybee on a woman's fingertip

Honeybees understand basic math

Twin black-and-white ruffed lemurs, Maso and Tonga, explore their habitat at Central Park Zoo with their mother, Koa.

Rare twin lemurs born at New York’s Central Park Zoo

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 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

a brick pathway through a lawn with clover

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

By Debbie Wolfe

bee on dandelion

Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers

By Katarina Zimmer / Knowable Magazine

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What can we learn from Australia’s social media ban for teens?

By Rachel Nowak / Knowable Magazine

a frog sits in a lake. it has a brown body with black spots

Endangered Species

Over 10,000 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs are taking California by storm

By Margherita Bassi

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