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It's estimated that there will be 1 million to 1.5 million periodical cicadas per acre in the St. Louis region this spring.
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The PNC Foundation, through a partnership with the Missouri Botanical Garden, is granting the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center in University City $75,000.
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Missouri residents have until April 15 to register to receive a free noninvasive, native tree in exchange for cutting down a single Bradford pear tree in their yard. Pick up will be hosted at nearly a dozen locations across the state on April 23.
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Scientists have looked at decades of data on trees and other native Missouri plants blooming. As the region warms, plants are reacting by changing their bloom times.
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Charlotte Taylor has named 500 plant species, more than any other living female taxonomist.
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The finicky plants are threatened by habitat loss and climate change, but as the Missouri Botanical Garden works to conserve them, scientists are learning the difficulties of growing native orchids in a lab.
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50 years after the Endangered Species Act was passed, scientists at Missouri Botanical Gardens look forward to the next decade and beyond.
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Brown recluse spiders are infamous for their necrotic venom, but how dangerous are they, really?
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Three St. Louis-area locations have been added to the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom for their connections to enslaved people.
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Garden staff hope St. Louis-area students will see plants in a new light after imagining an urban garden to give back to their communities.