
Environment
Making yards more diverse can reap big environmental benefits
Replacing grass with native plants uses less water and fewer chemicals while providing additional benefits to people and wildlife.
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Replacing grass with native plants uses less water and fewer chemicals while providing additional benefits to people and wildlife.
After an intense burn in 2018 in California, big cats in the region crossed roads more often. That put them at higher risk of becoming roadkill.
Amphibian deaths from a fungal disease may have led to more mosquitoes — and an increase in malaria cases in Costa Rica and Panama.
Pocket gophers air out and fertilize the soil in a way that amounts to simple farming, two researchers claim. But not everyone agrees.
After surviving Australian bushfires, the Kangaroo Island dunnart is losing ground as it's targeted by hungry predators.
This tiny garden shows farming on the moon may be difficult, although not impossible.
Crickets are great sources of protein, but they often kill each other in captivity. Green light could help solve the problem, two teens find.
Sponges are favorite spots for bacteria, partly because of the mixed-housing environment that the cleaner-uppers offer microbes.
Threats such as climate change and habitat loss can put species at risk of going extinct. Different words describe that risk.
Instead of warming the climate, methane gas can be collected to help farmers. Along the way, it may also save some fish.