Get ready to learn about the birds and the bees! That’s the story of pollination – when flowers use animals to help them get their pollen from place to place so they can make seeds.

Most plants get the energy and nutrients they need from water, sunlight, air and soil. But carnivorous plants get key nutrients from a different source: bugs.

We’ll learn the tricks trees, bats and roadrunners use to make it in Joshua Tree National Park in California.

So… do plants need dirt? The truth might shock you.

Plants! We absolutely depend on them.

In this episode, Sabrina talks about how photosynthesis works!

Welcome to the Trees Around the World Tour! 

Will it kill you or cure you? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

Your Pollination Station

Part 1 of a very special duo: Do trees have feelings? How do they talk? How old can they get? Are there any tree stories that will make me cry? Spoiler: YES. Part 2 is the fresh catch-up interview to learn what the world’s most charming and enthusiastic tree expert, Casey Clapp, has been up to since his 2018 episode aired.

Possibly the world’s most enthusiastic tree expert, J. Casey Clapp, shows Alie his many tree tattoos, explains how roots communicate to each other, addresses “crown shyness” and schools Alie on the mental health benefits of tree proximity.

Botanist and founder of #BlackBotanistsWeek Tanisha Williams explains why some leaves change color during fall and what shorter days and colder temperatures have to do with it.