Invasive species threaten ecosystems, harm wildlife and disrupt our water supply. Here’s four to watch out for.

Non-native oxalis grows wild in this region, as well other areas of northern California. Although it’s a very pretty plant, it is highly invasive and considered a weed.

My hillside home came with a very healthy stand of Hypericum—St. John’s Wort. While excellent for erosion prevention, it had gotten out of hand and needed to be controlled. I preferred an ...

COP30 was expected to be a nature and implementation summit, but the negotiations in Belém have revealed a deeper structural tension. Implementation and finance may headline the agenda, but a deeper ...

When I told Sadhguru — the Indian yogi, mystic, and founder of Conscious Planet and the Isha Foundation — that I was from Barbados, his eyes lit up. “My first pitch was in the Caribbean,” he said, ...

Heating alone won’t drive soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide — they need added carbon and nutrients to thrive. This finding challenges assumptions about how climate warming influences soil ...

Plants and the soil microbiome are in dynamic interaction and are directly or indirectly influenced by abiotic factors and by other organisms. This interaction ends up determining physical-chemical ...

Brandee Gruener is a digital editor and writer with 20 years of experience. Her articles on gardening, homes, food, and health have appeared in Hunker, American Gardener, and other national and ...