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yellow pollen shooting out of a red flower
Science

Plants could be manipulating sperm in completely new ways

By Laura Baisas

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

How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

herbs growing in kitchen
DIY

How to start growing herbs in your kitchen

By Debbie Wolfe

stages of a plant's development
Environment

Yes, plants go through ‘puberty’

By Laura Baisas

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams with two astronauts aboard ISS
Science

Starliner astronauts are watering plants and fixing urine pumps on ISS

By Andrew Paul

a flower garden with a brick pathway running through the middle
DIY

How to figure out your gardening zone

By Debbie Wolfe

Viruses called bacteriophages infect intestinal bacteria by injecting their genetic material and later, new phages burst out of the bacterium. But these phages and bacteria can also live in harmony.
Science

The phageome: A hidden kingdom within your gut

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

Located in the foothills of a rock emerging from a green field
Agriculture

Iron Age plant remains tell new agricultural story in east Africa

By Laura Baisas

a pot of venus fly trap plants on a table
DIY

How to care for a Venus fly trap

By Debbie Wolfe

Close up of Syntrichia caninervis moss
Agriculture

This inedible, indestructible moss may help humans thrive on Mars

By Andrew Paul

A Secchi Disk and a measuring tape on a gray wooden floating pier next to a moored boat.
DIY

You can help measure the ocean’s health with this homemade gadget

By Alisha McDarris

Red fall foliage on three-leaf sumac in Great Sand Dunes National Park
Environment

11 fiery shots of fall foliage around the US

By Popular Science Team

Multiple reddish pink parasitic plants called balanophora growing in a forest. Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into a very streamlined parasitic plant.
Science

These parasitic plants force their victims to make them dinner

By Laura Baisas

DIY rope plant hangers
DIY

The easiest, most basic DIY plant hanger you can make

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Close-up of witch hazel plant
Environment

Future leaping robots could take a cue from seed-launching witch hazel plants

By Andrew Paul

Amber tree sap dripping from a branch.
DIY

How to keep tree sap from ruining your car’s paint

By Maddi Langweil

full venus flytrap on black background
Science

These meat-eating plants are masters of deception

By Ali Blumenthal, Ellen Airhart

The giant Douglas firs in British Columbia forests are examples of so-called mother trees
Environment

Are ‘mother trees’ real?

By Zayna Syed

Pink feathery muhly grass are one the many native types of grass you plant in the US.
Environment

9 native grasses that will revitalize your sad, water-wasting lawn

By Helen Bradshaw

A kitchen counter with a tray of drying seed bombs, a bowl with a mixture of powdered clay and potting mix, and two seed packets for rosemary and lavender.
DIY

Make your own seed bombs to garden on the go

By Jamie Dickman