Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Jeannie from Burlington, Vt., asked us about wastewater treatment plants. She said she's ...

Both annual and perennial plants can work in containers. Here are 11 plants that thrive in container gardens in shady areas ...

Light doesn’t just help plants grow—it may also quietly hold them back. Researchers have uncovered a surprising mechanism where light strengthens the “glue” between a plant’s outer skin and its inner ...

In efforts to better understand how plant photosynthesis is regulated, scientists are studying how Rubisco activity responds ...

Ever felt confused standing in the grow light aisle, surrounded by options and unsure which one will actually help your plants? If you’ve wondered whether grow lights are worth it or how to pick the ...

If you’ve ever had a dog, you know they don’t exactly tiptoe through the tulips. I’m fortunate that none of mine ever had a penchant for digging holes, but my late pit bull, Maddie, used to run ...