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
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
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
Feb. 27, 2023 • ~8 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
Oct. 19, 2022 • ~7 min
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