Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...

If you are looking to harvest more homegrown food in your garden, why not take a note from nature and grow like a forest? In the wild, plants grow in complimentary layers to maximize space and ...

Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi in 2025, many already threatened. New DNA tools are speeding discovery as habitat ...

Botanists discovered a new plant species in Colombia that is already endangered, naming it Aphelandra almanegra.

The perfectly manicured lawn can be a neighborhood source of envy. But the leafless yard and immaculately groomed flower beds are consuming space needed for all manner of wildlife. Native plant ...

Young tropical forests play a crucial role in slowing climate change. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using ...

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago,” according to a Chinese proverb. “The second best time is now.” Dozens of volunteers, environmentalists, government workers and junior high students ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by tchara/Getty Images) As Washington residents who live near Longview and Hoquiam, we are concerned about two wood pellet ...

Plants growing at the bottom of giant sinkholes in China are so awash in nutrients, they grow faster than their surface-dwelling counterparts, all while using less of a fundamental building block, a ...