Grid Magazine4d
Ladybugs are very beneficial to gardens and farms, but the most prevalent species is invasive and has crowded out its cousins
They are bright and cheery with that cute, round shape, plus they help gardeners by gobbling up plant-sucking aphids. There ...
Grid Magazine5d
Native plants and organically-based repellents can keep deer from making a feast of your garden
Even the most dedicated naturalists have their boundaries when it comes to cohabitating with wildlife. And for many home ...
Grid Magazine5d
A look at the life of devoted birder James Carroll, the first Black member of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Grid is honoring Black Birders Week (May 26 – June 1) by printing an obituary recently published by the Delaware Valley ...
Grid Magazine5d
“Camera trap” student project shows the hidden but rich biodiversity of the Philadelphia metro area
Who is walking around the neighborhood while you’re not looking? Humans share the city and suburbs with a cast of other ...
Grid Magazine5d
Plastic landscaping mesh can be a death trap for animals
Large landscaping projects, especially with increased local rainfall caused by climate change, require erosion-control ...
Grid Magazine5d
Sponsored Content: Community volunteers, with the help of nonprofit and private sector, create urban pollinator habitat in Point Breeze park
There’s a buzz around the new native plant habitats at Wharton Square Park in Point Breeze, and it’s spread all the way to ...
Grid Magazine5d
Editor’s Notes: What’s your carbon paw print?
If you want to elicit some angry comments from readers, print something unflattering about cats. We’ve done that more than ...
Grid Magazine5d
Bird Safe Philly is on a mission to prevent window collisions, a leading cause of death and injury
It’s 7:30 a.m. on a Friday in late March and Stephen Maciejewski is walking around Center City looking for dead or injured ...
Grid Magazine5d
Operation Hug The Block holds nightly vigils on streets beset by violence
In the early hours of September 17, 2023, Mazzie Casher and Steven Pickens were foot patrolling near A Street and Indiana ...
Grid Magazine5d
Gregg E. Gorton
Grid is honoring Black Birders Week (May 26 – June 1) by printing an obituary recently published by the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) about their first Black member, James “Jim” Carroll.