Dr. Tanisha Williams is a plant ecologist and botanist, as well as founder of #BlackBotanistsWeek, an online initiative to "promote, highlight, and create a safe place for Black people who love plants." Nature talked with the Washington, D.C. native about her inspirations, her hopes for ...
Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the nation. This week's is Fossil Atmospheres. Fossil Atmospheres is a climate change citizen science project by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and headquartered at the National Museum of Natural ...
The next time you go for a nature walk, try this fun activity (perfect for kids and adults) to discover what hitchhiking plants may have hitched a ride home with you!
While hiking through woods and wetlands, some nature-lovers are compromising the “unspoiled” places they enjoy most. They don't mean to, of course. But scores of invasive, non-native plant species have made us all unwitting participants in their spread.
From the stunning heights of the Great Basin Desert to the lush coastal rainforests of Canada, scientist J.C. Cahill takes us on a journey into the secret world of plants, revealing a landscape of pulsing activity, where plants communicate, co-operate and, sometimes, wage all-out war. ...
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