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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Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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AnimalsCougars pushed out by wildfires took more risks around roads
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AnimalsSome spikes in malaria cases may be tied to amphibian die-offs
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AnimalsGophers might be farmers, a controversial study suggests
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AnimalsPalm-size marsupials may face extinction from wild ‘house’ cats
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SpaceThe first plants ever grown in moon dirt have sprouted
This tiny garden shows farming on the moon may be difficult, although not impossible.
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AnimalsHere’s why cricket farmers may want to go green — literally
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MicrobesKitchen sponges are bacteria’s dream home
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LifeExplainer: What is an endangered species?
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EnvironmentRecycling a climate-warming gas could make ‘greener’ farmed fish
Instead of warming the climate, methane gas can be collected to help farmers. Along the way, it may also save some fish.