When bumblebee populations decline or disappear, the plants that rely on them often decline as well. Photo by Twan Leenders Across meadows, forests, and backyards, the familiar buzz of bumblebees has ...

While we’re all anticipating spring, it’s still only February. Outside, we can see our plants resting over winter, but just because they are dormant doesn’t mean they haven’t been doing anything all ...

Where they live: Plants are found on every continent, even Antarctica, and every ocean. What they eat: Plants use sunlight for photosynthesis, which produces sugars that fuel them. Plants are an ...

When the weather gets cold, it nips our noses, numbs our toes and makes us shiver. What does it do to our plants? “Cold damages plants because it freezes water into ice,” said Spencer Campbell, Plant ...

A jade plant communicates its needs. What do we owe our house plants beyond light and water? It’s a question that Milwaukee filmmaker Jesse McLean asks in a new experimental documentary, Light Needs.

From the driest deserts to the lushest forests, ecosystems are networks of life where organisms and the environment interact. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how plants function ...

Every March, my family and I circle a weekend on the calendar, gather our tools and prepare to do some serious gardening. Of course, it’s still too cold at that time of year for digging in the dirt ...