DULUTH — Volunteer retired botanist Paul Hlina and a group of about a dozen native-plant enthusiasts spent June 7 collecting approximately 60 specimens around the Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve. For ...

“How many people know the size of a mule’s hoof?” That's sort of an odd opening to a plant article, isn't it? But in the genre known as plant hunter history, it ...

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. + Sunday, Nov. 2 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV How are new plants discovered? In the old days, plant explorers sailed aboard tall ships in ...

When the realization sinks in that avocados, hummus, even Egyptian cotton exist in America because of crafty botanical espionage, one naturally questions who’s responsible — and how he landed the job.

Some of the most familiar plants in the garden originated in Southeast Asia. Azaleas, rhododendrons, hostas, wisterias, lilies, day lilies, camellias and viburnums, to name a few, have made us feel so ...

On Saturday, Dec. 12, the Audubon Community Nature Center’s Little Explorers will learn how different trees and plants spend the winter. After an indoor lesson, they will head outside to learn more.