Citizen science platforms, including iNaturalist, are leading to major new discoveries and are becoming crucial to the work ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the ...

Approximately 20 children from the Chickasaw Nation Head Start are helping combat climate change while preserving the tribe’s culture in the process. In a fall tree-planting ceremony in southern ...

It may be January, but there’s still plenty going on in the world of plants and nature. Here are five chances (including one with an option for kids) to expand your knowledge or make something ...

The plants at Takata Nursery — a small greenhouse on the roof of founder Taryne Messer’s apartment building in Ridgewood — have a homespun, almost wise presence to them. That’s the distinct character ...

Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire: I couldn’t believe how much moss there was covering the rocks, the trees, the ground – everything Living in a city, I don’t have much contact with nature, but when I ...

Children who are vegans and vegetarians may not be getting all the nutrients they need from their diets, a group of international researchers said Friday. Similar patterns were seen in kids on a vegan ...

There are several nutrients that vegan and vegetarian kids can miss out on without careful planning, a review of the evidence finds. Reading time 2 minutes Is your child thinking about becoming a ...

Today Hank talks with Dr. Cara Nelson about invasive plants that use toxic chemicals and rapid reproduction to outcompete native plants, and Jessi brings some adorable invasive birds. Dr. Nelson is a ...

Emma Dauster: Writer Nicholas Evans: Fact Checker Savannah Geary: Editor, Associate Producer, Host Sarah Suta: Producer Caitlin Hofmeister: Executive Producer Hank Green: Executive Producer Mike ...

In 1977, Robert Plant‘s five-year-old son, Karac, died from a stomach virus. During this tragic event, Robert Plant was on tour in the United States with Led Zeppelin. However, after the news reached ...