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A volunteer with the reforestation effort walks through a woodland near Amman. Today, only about one percent of Jordan is forested.
forests

To Resurrect Jordan's Lost Forests, Plant a Seed in Hearts and Minds

Environmentalists see small reforestation pilot sites around the capital of Amman as a first step to a greener future.
Jason Ruffin April 7, 2022
La Raiz Profile from the bottom
Monteverde, Costa Rica

Ficus La Raiz

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.
nature

Podcast: The World’s Oldest LIving Things

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 31, 2022
A detail of a plant with blue berries, from Marianne North's 1876 painting <em>Curious Plants from the Forest of Matang, Sarawak, Borneo.</em>
science

A Botanical Mystery Solved, After 146 Years

How a young illustrator’s attention to detail—and a determined Victorian woman's legacy—led to the discovery of a new species in an old painting.
Gemma Tarlach March 29, 2022
Entrance to the garden
Anse Royale, Seychelles

Kot Man-ya Exotic Flower Garden

You can find more than 200 species of tropical plants at this garden owned by a former ambassador.
Georgina Mace changed the way scientists and policymakers view biodiversity.
science

The Ecologist Who Made Biodiversity Count

Georgina Mace helped change the way both scientists and policymakers see living things, including the most vulnerable.
Gemma Tarlach March 21, 2022
A 1964 public health poster about preventing malaria, painted by Wu Hao.
nobel prize

The Secret Maoist Chinese Operation to Conquer Malaria

A young medical researcher's idea led to a powerful weapon against the disease—and a Nobel Prize.
Jia-Chen Fu March 14, 2022
A white Chilean strawberry.
food

The Fight To Save Chile's Glorious White Strawberry

The ancestor of the big red strawberry is in peril.
Mark Johanson March 3, 2022
Bunches of <em>vitis labrusca</em>, wine grapes native to the Americas.
wine

The Tyranny of Europe's Noble Grapes

Winemakers are ignoring an entire flavor frontier.
Alex Mayyasi February 28, 2022
quarantine

Podcast: International Cocoa Quarantine Center

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team February 14, 2022
The Mexican long-nosed bat, an elusive species, coevolved with agave, and faces an uncertain future as the number of plants declines.
bats

How Preserving Agave Could Help Save an Endangered Bat

Conservationists hope to protect the Mexican long-nosed bat by working with ranchers and other locals to preserve the plant it needs.
Janet Marinelli February 7, 2022
Gastro Obscura

Arkansas Black Apple

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.
Silky sharks just below the surface near Darwin Island.
islands

Marine Life in the Galápagos Gets a New Protected 'Ocean Highway'

More room to roam for the islands' unique fauna.
Winnie Lee January 31, 2022
Edinburgh, Scotland

Roxburgh Court Tree Plaques

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.
London, England

Cheapside Plane Tree

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.
Manitas flower
Toluca, Mexico

Árbol de Manitas (Little Hands Tree)

The curious flowers of this hard-to-find tree are shaped like little hands.
Reader Rock Garden
Calgary, Alberta

Reader Rock Garden

A Victorian garden in a harsh climate at the border of the prairies and foothills of the Canadian Rockies.
The quaking aspen known as Pando is one of the planet's largest and oldest living organisms.
forests

Pando, the World’s Largest Organism, Is Being Eaten by Deer

Utah's 106-acre stand of quaking aspen clones has survived for millennia, but faces threats large and small.
Richard Elton Walton December 6, 2021