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Species, forests, habitats, ecological restoration, and conservation pressures and policy.

5,848 stories · 48 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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2026490 stories
São Paulo resident transforms degraded area into urban forest↗ saopaulosecreto.com · HN · 129 comments · 351 points · Aug 01, 2026
Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa↗ e360.yale.edu · HN · 94 comments · 392 points · Jul 21, 2026
Can you see three trees?↗ not-ship.com · HN · 148 comments · 323 points · Jun 18, 2026
12k Tons of Dumped Orange Peel Grew into a Landscape Nobody Expected (2017)↗ sciencealert.com · HN · 123 comments · 316 points · Apr 07, 2026
List of individual trees↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 116 comments · 368 points · Jan 16, 2026
2025798 stories
American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana↗ earthhope.substack.com · HN · 191 comments · 291 points · Sep 18, 2025
Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees↗ livescience.com · HN · 223 comments · 410 points · Jul 23, 2025
Tree Borrows↗ plf.inf.ethz.ch · HN · 146 comments · 584 points · Jul 09, 2025
My experiment living in a tent in Hong Kong's jungle↗ corentin.trebaol.com · HN · 223 comments · 491 points · Jun 07, 2025
Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell Ecosia (2018)↗ blog.ecosia.org · HN · 215 comments · 346 points · Mar 10, 2025
2024931 stories
Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest↗ apnews.com · HN · 466 comments · 667 points · Nov 24, 2024
Agricultural drones are transforming rice farming in the Mekong River delta↗ hakaimagazine.com · HN · 274 comments · 379 points · Jun 18, 2024
The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you what's changed↗ apps.npr.org · HN · 218 comments · 472 points · May 13, 2024
Show HN: A free site to explore and discover 6k plants↗ getanyplant.com · HN · 132 comments · 427 points · May 06, 2024
Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5°C↗ newatlas.com · HN · 152 comments · 399 points · Feb 27, 2024
2023965 stories
Strawberry case study: What if farmers had to pay for water?↗ nytimes.com · HN · 141 comments · 108 points · Dec 29, 2023
Electronic soil boosts crop growth↗ earth.com · HN · 44 comments · 129 points · Dec 26, 2023
America lost the chestnut, its "perfect tree"↗ theatlantic.com · HN · 176 comments · 244 points · Dec 24, 2023
A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished↗ nautil.us · HN · 15 comments · 58 points · Jul 15, 2023
Half of US wetlands lost federal protection. Their fate is up to the states↗ pilotonline.com · HN · 25 comments · 87 points · Jun 27, 2023
2022924 stories
Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years without cutting down trees↗ dsfantiquejewelry.com · HN · 193 comments · 650 points · Nov 23, 2022
American chestnut tree in Centreville is the 'holy grail' for conservationists↗ delawareonline.com · HN · 155 comments · 358 points · Aug 27, 2022
Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold since 1990↗ icelandreview.com · HN · 295 comments · 444 points · Jul 18, 2022
After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak agricultural land’↗ ourworldindata.org · HN · 339 comments · 308 points · May 31, 2022
Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 215 comments · 489 points · Feb 12, 2022
2021875 stories
U.S. declares more than 20 species extinct after exhaustive searches↗ axios.com · HN · 230 comments · 364 points · Sep 30, 2021
New carnivorous plant discovered in Pacific Northwest↗ npr.org · HN · 101 comments · 480 points · Aug 09, 2021
Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rural Montana economies↗ montanafreepress.org · HN · 288 comments · 554 points · Jul 12, 2021
Pesticides are killing the world's soils↗ scientificamerican.com · HN · 219 comments · 390 points · Jun 02, 2021
IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from being developed↗ goodnewsnetwork.org · HN · 603 comments · 949 points · Jan 27, 2021
2020865 stories
Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest↗ axios.com · HN · 383 comments · 528 points · Oct 25, 2020
No-till no-herbicide farming system in trial since 1981↗ rodaleinstitute.org · HN · 281 comments · 571 points · Oct 19, 2020
Hugelkultur: Raised Garden Beds↗ richsoil.com · HN · 148 comments · 401 points · Jul 18, 2020
From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 567 comments · 464 points · Mar 28, 2020
Renowned Entomologist Says ‘Get Rid of Your Lawn’↗ news.wttw.com · HN · 323 comments · 393 points · Jan 06, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Monsanto's Cruel, and Dangerous, Monopolization on American Farming (2008)↗ vanityfair.com · HN · 38 comments · 96 points · Sep 17, 2026
Forgotten Woodlands↗ storymaps.arcgis.com · HN · 27 comments · 91 points · Sep 11, 2026
Three schoolgirls in Kinsale pulled up a pea plant covered in warts (2014)↗ yahoo.com · HN · 64 comments · 167 points · Sep 03, 2026
Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants↗ phys.org · HN · 43 comments · 155 points · Sep 03, 2026
The planet now has more trees than it did 35 years ago (2018)↗ psmag.com · HN · 64 comments · 95 points · Aug 23, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Three schoolgirls in Kinsale pulled up a pea plant covered in warts (2014)↗ yahoo.com · HN · 64 comments · 167 points · Sep 03, 2026
Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants↗ phys.org · HN · 43 comments · 155 points · Sep 03, 2026
Monsanto's Cruel, and Dangerous, Monopolization on American Farming (2008)↗ vanityfair.com · HN · 38 comments · 96 points · Sep 17, 2026
Forgotten Woodlands↗ storymaps.arcgis.com · HN · 27 comments · 91 points · Sep 11, 2026
China Planted 78 Billion New Trees—and Seriously Messed Up Its Water Cycle↗ popularmechanics.com · HN · 2 comments · 10 points · Sep 08, 2026
Biologist Andrew Newhouse on the genetic revival of the American chestnut↗ npr.org · HN · 0 comments · 9 points · Sep 05, 2026
EPA Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands↗ nytimes.com · HN · 1 comments · 7 points · Sep 04, 2026
Trees use a 'muscle' to correct posture–a newly discovered role for tension wood↗ phys.org · HN · 1 comments · 6 points · Sep 06, 2026
Behold the pawpaw, the tropical 'alien banana' that grows right here in Canada↗ cbc.ca · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Sep 27, 2026
The Rio Grande's pecan problem (2025)↗ hcn.org · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Sep 23, 2026

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