Foraging for wild edible plants is a rewarding and enriching experience that connects us with nature's bounty. Whether you’re ...

Fall is the perfect season to identify and remove problem plants. Identify four invasive weeds and learn ... purposefully ...

Most often wild native plant seeds are used for sowing Illinois prairie. These seeds are harvested from wild plants or from native plant nurseries. Seeds ordered from native seed dealers can be a good ...

Before you venture into the urban wild, make sure you know your stuff! Joining local foraging groups and attending workshops ...

By inoculating greenhouse na’u seedlings with mycorrhizal fungi, researchers hope to boost survival odds when the plants are ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new ...

With new funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, scientists in Montana State University’s Department of Plant ...

The more a plant species invests in defense, the less potential it has for growth, according to a new study. Research made possible by open science provides new insights into plant adaptation and ...

At Calumet area forest preserves, seed-saving efforts ensuring native plants repopulate plots cleared of invasive species.

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP16, ended on Nov. 2. Several days before delegations from 177 ...

Those plants you are walking past could be food; they could be the remedy to what ails you. Or they might be something you ...

There are plenty of plant-related activities below to distract you from hand-wringing this month, but first, let’s talk about ...