Keystone planting is devoted to the flowers, shrubs, trees, and other plants that support many other organisms living in a particular ecosystem. A healthy garden contains native species, but to truly ...

A few years ago, the United Nations reported on nature’s unprecedented decline in biodiversity. Since then, finding ways to give plants, insects and animals a boost has been a priority for many around ...

More than 50 years after Bob Paine’s experiment with starfish, hundreds of species have been pronounced “keystones” in their ecosystems Lesley Evans Ogden, Quanta Magazine In the late 1960s, Bob Paine ...