Planting more trees can help cool the planet and reduce fire risk—but where they are planted matters. According to UC Riverside researchers, tropical regions provide the most powerful climate benefits ...

Why study plants? Because we need them! We need plants for food, shelter, clothes, biofuels and to improve and beautify our environment. When you study plant sciences, you get hands-on experience with ...

In a perfect world, we’d like for change to be immediate and instantaneous. Perhaps it’s human nature to seek instant gratification or feel the present power of influence. This can be seen in the ...

With spring on the horizon, many gardeners are preparing for prolonged, hearty growing seasons in their region. The United States has a diverse ecological footprint, so growing seasons differ slightly ...

The former Led Zeppelin lead singer is a father to Carmen, Logan, Jesse and late son Karac Getty Robert Plant is a rock star to the world, but his children know him best as a supportive dad. The ...

Companion planting is the practice of enhancing your crop production by growing combinations of different plants close together. Some combinations can significantly benefit plants and enrich the soil, ...

The Tree Planting Festival is one of two events to participate in Spring in Coral Island. This event will take you to an exclusive area of Coral Island where you can purchase tree planting resources ...

Using trees as a cost-effective tool against climate change is more complicated than simply planting large numbers of them, an international collaboration has shown. Using trees as a cost-effective ...

You might not expect a comedy routine during a conversation with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. But the rock 'n' roll lion and the bluegrass chanteuse who became an unlikely musical pair 17 years ago ...

On a freezing day in December 2021, I arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, to visit Simon Gilroy’s lab. In one room of the lab sat a flat of young tobacco and Arabidopsis plants, each imbued with ...