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Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life tells the stories of the lives of Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus and his French contemporary Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, both born in 1707. Linnaeus and Buffon each brought brilliant new insights to the fledgling fields of natural history and taxonomy in the eighteenth century. However, they approached natural history from very different perspectives. As they grew older and each became known and respected

Guidance for understanding what plants are considered native and how they contribute to a healthy ecosystem.

Some Oregon native plants that work well for containers

Learn how to attract bats to improve garden pest control.

Summer blooming native plants for coastal Oregon

Homegrown National Park initiative encourages everyone to improve biodiversity by adding native plants to local gardens.