A slacker's guide to climate-friendly gardening

Your less manicured garden has the potential to combat tackle climate change and help wildlife survive.

Aimee Brett, Lecturer in Ecology & Conservation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Sept. 6, 2023 ~7 min

Three ways to get your nature fix without a garden

Here are a few ways you can benefit from nature in and around your home without stepping foot in a garden.

Emma White, Visiting Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey • conversation
Aug. 11, 2023 ~7 min


Once the Callery pear tree was landscapers' favorite – now states are banning this invasive species and urging homeowners to cut it down

They’re beautiful in bloom, but Callery pear trees crowd out native plants and turn productive open land into woody thickets.

Ryan W. McEwan, Professor of Biology, University of Dayton • conversation
March 8, 2023 ~9 min

What Denmark's dead hedgehogs tell us about their lives -- and how we can help them

Research on Denmark’s hedgehogs offers insight into their cause of death – and how to help them.

Sophie Lund Rasmussen, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Oxford • conversation
Feb. 27, 2023 ~8 min

Community gardens boost well-being and biodiversity

Community gardens and urban farms are good for biodiversity and ecosystems. They also benefit the well-being of people that work in them.

Esther Robards-Forbes - UT Austin • futurity
Feb. 8, 2023 ~4 min

City butterflies find refuge in botanical gardens

Botanical gardens and other urban green spaces can hold surprising diversity, according to a new study that shows they're key for butterflies.

Rose Brandt-Arizona • futurity
Dec. 8, 2022 ~7 min

Curious Kids: what is snail slime – and why is it shiny?

Snails use their slime to help them move, stop them drying out and to scare off predators.

Alan Gunn, Principal Lecturer in Invertebrate Biology, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Oct. 27, 2022 ~5 min

Yard waste has lots of value if you leave it alone

Leaving fallen leaves and other yard waste alone can do great things for the climate, a working paper shows.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 25, 2022 ~6 min


Yard waste has lots of value if you leave it alone

Leaving fallen leaves and other yard waste alone can do great things for the climate, a working paper shows.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 25, 2022 ~6 min

European colonialism has had a lasting legacy on how plants are distributed around the world

Scientists have found more ‘alien species’ today in regions that were once key parts of European empires.

Guillaume Latombe, Lecturer in Environmental Change Biology, The University of Edinburgh • conversation
Oct. 19, 2022 ~7 min

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