Want a healthier lawn? Instead of bagging fall leaves, take the lazy way out and get a more environmentally friendly yard

Mulching feeds your lawn and garden with nutrients and organic matter.

Susan Barton, Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware • conversation
Nov. 8, 2023 ~5 min

How to keep your jack-o'-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush before Halloween

Don’t let microbes and insects turn your Halloween masterpiece into a horror show before the big night.

Matt Kasson, Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University • conversation
Oct. 6, 2022 ~8 min


Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees, lengthening pollen season in US cities

Artificial light is upending trees’ ability to use the natural day-night cycle as a signal of seasonal change.

Yuyu Zhou, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Iowa State University • conversation
July 12, 2022 ~5 min

Climate change is muting fall colors, but it's just the latest way that humans have altered US forests

Warm autumn weather has produced dull leaf colors across the eastern US this year, but climate change isn’t the only way that humans have altered trees’ fall displays.

Marc Abrams, Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 27, 2021 ~8 min

What's on the menu matters in health care for diverse patients

Some older patients forego the food provided at their health care facility because it isn’t aligned with their religious and cultural preferences.

Minakshi Raj, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • conversation
Oct. 7, 2021 ~10 min

Fall means more deer on the road: 4 ways time of day, month and year raise your risk of crashes

Avoiding hitting deer on the road is as much about when you drive as where. An animal behavior expert explains why.

Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University • conversation
Sept. 21, 2021 ~6 min

How do geese know how to fly south for the winter?

Geese honk loudly and point their bills toward the sky when they're ready to start the migration. Here's how they know it's time, how they navigate and how they conserve energy on the grueling trip.

Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University • conversation
Nov. 16, 2020 ~8 min

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