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Not far from the sunny metropolis of Phoenix, Arizona, is a rugged expanse of the Sonoran Desert overshadowed by the towering ...

Discovery Channel has nothing on the actual outside. Have you been in your backyard lately? That place is great.

This means that, in some cases, the monarchs returning in the spring will be the ‘great-great-grandchildren’ of those that ...

Bromeliads are one of the great evolutionary success stories of the neotropics, the tropical ecosystems of the Americas. The ...

Hummingbird pollination helped pineapples and other bromeliads evolve into one of the world's most diverse plant families.

It’s not as simple as planting a garden full of red flowers.

Among life’s most magical moments is when you stand quietly in your garden and a hummingbird hovers less than a foot away in ...

Most of us know of the ruby-throated hummingbird, a common visitor that weighs between 3 and 5 grams, less than a nickel.

For many Bay Area apartment and condo dwellers, the backyard dream isn’t immediately available but there’s a lot of gardening ...

Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, ...