Ep. 560 - Revisiting Earth's First Forests
The Devonian Period was for plants what the Cambrian Period was for animals. Land plants really started to experiment with new forms of growth some 38...
Ep. 559 - Looking Back on a Year of Botany
The wonderful Sara Johnson returns to the podcast to look back at a year of botanizing in 2025. Join us as we celebrate our favorite botanical encount...
Ep. 558 - Insights into Pitcher Plant Evolution
The drivers of evolution that result in the diversity of life we see around us are complex and fascinating. Nowhere is that more apparent than in pitc...
Ep. 557 - How to Help Fireflies
Fireflies, lightning bugs, whatever you call them, these wonderful bioluminescent beetles are wonderfully diverse, occur in a variety of habitats, and...
Ep. 556 - From Seeds to Plants: A Plant Conservation Pipeline
Plant conservation comes in many forms. Today we explore a plant conservation pipeline that starts with propagation and continues through to reintrodu...
Ep. 555 - The Rookie Gardener
Gardening can be a daunting enterprise, especially for a beginner. Heck, even skilled gardeners still kill plants. The quest to become a better garden...
Ep. 554 - How Plants Handle Heat Stress
Heat stress is a major component of plant health and it in growing more and more timely each year. Understanding how plants do or do not tolerate heat...
Ep. 553 - Soil Microbes & Desert Plant Restoration
Deserts present a unique set of challenges to plants, especially when you are trying to restore them to the landscape. Drought, heat, soil salinity an...
Ep. 552 - Native Plant Seed Supply Chain
One of the biggest hurdles to native plant gardening is sourcing native plants. Whereas nurseries are starting to fill the demand, it is nevertheless ...
Ep. 551 - Sagebrush, Pitcher Plants, & Leaf Microbiomes
Microbes are everywhere and studying them isn't always easy, but microbial ecology is a vitally important field. Microbes influence the world around t...