By observing plants in winter, children learn the art of careful water use, understanding how nature balances survival and ...

Plants must breathe carbon dioxide to live, but every breath causes them to lose water that they naturally want to conserve.

“What is this thing on my plant?” is probably the question I get asked most often, as I play a sleuth on the radio on Saturday mornings. Radio is my favorite medium, but is the most difficult, with no ...

Question: Am I crazy, or are things budding and starting to grow way earlier than they used to? My willows are already putting out buds. My daffodil bulbs are coming up. And it is only mid-December.

Plants are those life-supporting systems that provide us with oxygen to help us breathe and produce food for consumption.

[Ben Krasnow] has a knack for showing us what’s inside of things while they’re moving. This week’s Applied Science experiment has him making time-lapse X-ray videos of things. This plant’s vascular ...

A walk in your garden each day may serve you well. Besides the obvious benefit of connecting and relaxing, observing plants may even save you water. Learn the feel of leaves when they are hydrated, ...