Manipur's Phalee village uses citizen science to restore its degraded rainforests and combat exploitative farming.

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On Saturday, March 7, many community members gathered at the East Bonner County Library to learn how they could help the Lost Apple Project in its quest to find already gone or now going extinct ...

Routine inspections by California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) officials led to the discovery of a citrus disease in Ramona, resulting in a quarantine.

The roots of that big tree in your yard may be infiltrating your underground plumbing right now. If the species is shallow-rooted, it's even more likely.

Open-pollinated: A plant that has been naturally pollinated. Open-pollinated seeds can be saved from year to year and planted to produce offspring that “grow true,” or hold the same characteristics as ...

Trees aren't known for their extraterrestrial travel. A notable exception: the "moon tree" on the University of Arizona campus. It grew from seeds that traveled to the moon on the Apollo 14 flight in ...

Conserving and restoring native forests of Southern Mexico to enhance ecosystem services Mexico is considered the fourth country in the world for plant diversity, with around 50% of its plant species ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest ...