Daily Herald

To fight Japanese beetles, don’t overwater grass

Now is the time to look out for one of our most conspicuous garden pests: the Japanese beetle. “In recent years they have ...

I Wanted an Ecologically Responsible Garden. It Was Harder Than I Thought.

In the summer of 2020, my husband, Ryan, and I bought a house in Portland, Ore., with a sizable backyard containing little ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Tall Trees Were Thought to Be More Vulnerable to Drought. But These Towering Plants in Southeast Asia Have Adapted to Move Water Efficiently

A new study found that enormous dipterocarp trees have special adaptations to transport water up to their highest limbs, ...