And once children understand the importance of native plants to an environment, tending to them empowers kids to protect habitats ... databases like the National Wildlife Federation’s Native ...

Only six years old at the time, I was at first put off by these garish plants. Such strange and vibrant flowers seemed out of place among the respectable beans, peppers, spinach, and other ...

This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The inside workings of plants are the unexplored frontier of botany. What happens when a nematode or fungus attacks a crop?

This story appears in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... the dragon’s blood trees and the desert rose plants and the mishhahir flowers. Scientists come and turn over ...