It’s Time to Slow Down and Appreciate Nature’s Tiny Marvels Grab your iPhone: Andrew Brand wants to show you a side of your garden that you’ve never seen before (and how to photograph it).
How Cats Make the Most of Their Catnip High A new study finds that the feline reaction to catnip and silver vine helps to stave off mosquitoes and other bloodsucking insects.
Monarch Butterflies Are In Decline. I Wanted to Help. This is the trouble with trying to help a natural world in so much peril. It’s never entirely clear when it’s right to intervene and when it’s wrong.
Deadly Venom From Spiders and Snakes May Also Cure What Ails You Efforts to tease apart the vast swarm of proteins in venom — a field called venomics — have burgeoned in recent years, leading to important drug discoveries.
Why You Should Plant a Garden That’s Wasp Friendly Those wasps you hate? They’re the best organic pest control around. Here’s how to keep them happy (and avoid getting stung).