A study of dozens of city gardens and urban farms across the US and Europe found several ways to boost their benefits, not just for their neighborhoods, but for the planet.

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

If you’re hot, so are your four-legged neighbours.

Garden surveys reveal what makes a house a home for Britain’s favourite mammal.

Pollen brings seasonal misery to millions of Americans, but it serves a critical purpose: fertilizing many kinds of plants, including food crops.

Eating bird food was also linked to a nearly four-fold increase in their breeding densities.

Looking for a new gardening challenge? Turning your yard into an insect-friendly oasis could mean less work and more nature to enjoy.

Trees and shrubs in cold-weather climates rely on certain signals, such as temperature and light, to know when to leaf out and bloom. Climate change is scrambling those signals.

Whether it's cars passing nearby, a neighbour's blaring music or the constant drone of a lawnmower, the trouble with sound is that – unlike light – it can be hard to block out completely.

Garden bird feeders and water baths could be hotspots for infectious disease transmission.