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Venus flytrap captured katydid

The Venus Flytrap's Lethal Allure

Native only to the Carolinas, the carnivorous plant that draws unwitting insects to its spiky maw now faces dangers of its own
February 2010 | By Abigail Tucker

Stinking passion flower

Ten Plants That Put Meat on Their Plates

In addition to the well-known Venus flytrap, many other plant species feed on bugs or crustaceans
January 08, 2010 | By Sarah Zielinski

Lava cactus on Fernandina Island

Top Ten Places Where Life Shouldn't Exist... But Does

Smithsonian lists the most improbable, inhospitable and absurd habitats on Earth
October 13, 2009 | By Laura Helmuth

Cahaba River

The Cahaba: A River of Riches

An unsung Alabama waterway is one of the most biologically diverse places in the nation, home to rare flora and fauna
August 2009 | By Michelle Nijhuis

Alpinia boninsimensis by Jonathan Singer

Flowers Writ Large

With his Botanica Magnifica, podiatrist-turned-photographer Jonathan Singer captures flowers on the grandest of scales
May 21, 2009 | By Megan Gambino

Climbers ascend National Champion Douglas fir

Climbing the Tallest Trees

A select group of adventurers climb the world’s tallest trees to learn more about the wildlife that lives on the highest branches
March 31, 2009 | By Peter Beland

Aspen trees

What's Killing the Aspen?

The signature tree of the Rockies is in trouble
December 2008 | By Michelle Nijhuis

A bamboo grove

Bamboo Steps Up

An ancient plant becomes a new sensation
March 21, 2008 | By Cathie Gandel

Roots of the Sea

What mangroves give the world and why we can't afford to lose them
January 28, 2008 | By Sarah Zielinski

A fungus from a group that ravages trees around the world is now infesting New Zealands ancient, symbolic kauris

A Pox Upon the Kauri

New Zealanders rally to save their much-loved, 2,000-year-old national symbol
October 2007 | By Debora Vrana

In his greenhouse, Ragan Callaway pits spotted knapweed plantings (left) against native Montana grasses (right), trying to outwit the weed

Wicked Weed of the West

Spotted knapweed is driving out native plants and destroying rangeland, costing ranchers millions. Can anybody stop this outlaw?
December 2004 | By Joe Alper

Chestnutty

Wielding cutting-edge science and lots of patience. James Hill Craddock hopes to restore the ravaged American chestnut tree to its former glory
September 2004 | By Susan Freinkel

Saving the Music Tree

Artists and instrument makers have banded together to rescue Brazil's imperiled pernambuco, the source of bows for violins, violas and cellos
April 2004 | By Russ Rymer

Fakahatchee Ghosts

But no exorcisms, please these rare orchids are the stars of a hit movie and a best-selling book
August 2003 | By Jack McClintock

Once thought to be extinct, the Reasor Green is alive and tasty.

Apples of Your Eye

Fruit sleuths and nursery owners are fighting to save our nation's apple heritage...before it's too late
November 2002 | By Tim Hensley

Palm Plight

Assaulted by myriad threats to their survival, palm species around the world face the likelihood of extinction
August 2002 | By Mike Grudowski

Even though George Albright has been digging "sang" in his native West Virginia with a homemade "sanging hoe" since he was 12 years old, he doesn

Getting to the Root of Ginseng

Questions about the herb's health benefits haven't cooled the red-hot market in wild American ginseng
July 2002 | By David Taylor

New Light on Diversity

Holes in the canopy mean opportunity for new trees, but only if they are already waiting in the wings
May 1999 | By John P. Wiley, Jr.

When Plants Migrate

The study of how plants moved north after the last ice age could mean new directions for conservation
September 1998 | By James Trefil

Wastewater Problem? Just Plant a Marsh

For some of the toughest environmental cleanups, plants can do it better and cheaper than we can
July 1997 | By John P. Wiley, Jr.


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