Helping to Save the Bees With Plants in Kansas

About 97 percent of the land in the state is privately owned. Meet the people helping to make it friendlier for native bugs.

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She Studied How Foresting Affects Pollinators

Kim Ballare was a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service until her federal grant “got snatched away.”

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It’s a Night Light. It’s a Plant. It’s a Glowing Succulent.

In a proof of concept, researchers demonstrated that they could bioengineer a couple of hours of light into a common plant.

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So You Touched Poison Ivy. Now What?

Most adults are allergic to this plant and its relatives. Here’s how to prevent or minimize the rash.

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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Let Joy Back In’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

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What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato

An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests.

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Readers Sent Us Hundreds of Local Climate Solutions

As part of our 50 States, 50 Fixes series, more than 2,400 Times readers wrote in to tell us about climate action in their communities.

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New Global Atlas Highlights Surprising Hot Spots of Fungal Biodiversity

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

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How Calvert Crary, of FlowerSchool New York, Spends His Day With Roses

Calvert Crary, the executive director of FlowerSchool New York, teaches students how to haggle, spruces up his apartment lobby and ends his day on the roof.

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London’s Kew Gardens Will Renovate Iconic Glasshouses

The Palm House and the Waterlily House, two hulking greenhouses built in the Victorian Era, will close in 2027 for four years of major renovations.

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