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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

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

a close-up of a black and yellow bumblebee landing on the yellow center of an orange flower

Worker bees have power to pick their queen

By Laura Baisas

Bee with QR sticker held in researcher's hand

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

Hand with microgel sunscreen applied next to jar of sunscreen and bowl of camellia seeds used in recipe

Is pollen the secret to eco-friendly sunscreen?

Plate of sliced mushrooms.

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

We don’t actually know who pulled the greatest con in mushroom history

By Popular Science Team

Close up of blooming corpse flower

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

Ants help biting green leaf to build nest.

Plants and their ants: When flora and fauna team up

By Tim Vernimmen / Knowable Magazine

luffa acutangular, Cucurbitaceae green vegetable fresh on brown fabric in garden on nature background

A trip to the farm where loofahs grow on vines

By Alisha McDarris

A Sombrero ground lizard (Pholidoscelis corvinus) photographed on Sombrero Island in June 2021. This species is endemic to the Carribbean island.

Population of nearly extinct lizard grows 16X in only six years

By Laura Baisas

Rusty-patched Bumblebee gathering nectar from a yellow flower

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

a venus fly trap closes on a fly.

Venus fly traps’ death-grip trigger discovered

By Laura Baisas

Valley carpenter bee.

Our pest control is killing the bees

By Harriet Weber

Beautiful fluffy tabby cat portrait, walks from a wooden old rural fence, green grass of the garden, summer sunny day

Beyond birds and mice, free‑ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects

By Christopher A. Lepczyk, Daniel Rubinoff, Jean E. Fantle-Lepczyk / The Conversation

A super rare, blue lobster escapes the dinner plate

By Laura Baisas

a sunrise over a desert landscape

13 perfect panoramic images from the 2025 Epson International Pano awards

By Popular Science Team

A close-up photograph shows a hoverfly (Syrphidae) resting on the yellow center and pale pink/white petals of a flower. The hoverfly has a black and orange striped abdomen, mimicking a bee or wasp, and clear wings. Its head and thorax are dark brown/black.

Nature’s greatest method actors: the insects that cosplay bumblebees

By James Gilbert and Lesley J. Morrell

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

Photo illustration of hawkmoth navigating to flower during vehicle exhaust emission.

Air pollution messes with moths’ ability to smell flowers

By Lauren Leffer

Tick in the grass

How to keep ticks out of your yard

By Debbie Wolfe

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

By Rachel Nowak / Knowable Magazine

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

By Margherita Bassi

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Why you shouldn’t trust everything you find in an AI web search