Gardeners across the country are flocking to climate-resilient native plants as concerns about extreme heat, flooding, and pollinators grow.
"Pocket gardens" of native plant species are becoming more common in urban areas. We tag along with a volunteer tending to tiny gardens in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood.
You’ve probably seen a headline or two about an invasive species taking over. Perhaps you’ve seen a sign warning of non-native plants. But have you ever wondered what those labels actually mean? Are ...
Scientists across the South are warning the public about the spread of invasive Asian needle ants, whose painful stings can trigger life threatening allergic reactions and disrupt native ecosystems ...
Adding native plants to your garden does not need to be complicated, expensive, or labor-intensive. Native plants include ...
Nuisance species are detrimental to watersheds and to the native species within them. During eras of human expansion, settlers and homesteaders often brought crops, plants, trees and fish species with ...
An international team of scientists has recently found that non-native species are expanding their ranges many orders of magnitude faster than native ones, in large part due to inadvertent human help.
In addition to looking nice, and being relatively easy to care for, leaders with the group said the native plants help ...
University of Hawai‘i researchers are currently leading 98 grant-funded projects totaling more than $33.5 million to combat ...