For the animals left to survive the winter season, the trees and shrubs in our landscape may be the only source of necessary ...

A pumpkin is technically a berry. Yet unlike many fruits, it can reach sizes that rival a large boulder. A specific ...

Stories describing what can happen when science is manipulated or misapplied are among the winners of the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Winning journalists also did stories on science at ...

Meet the treehopper, a type of bug best known for the strange, thorn-like protrusions that stick out of its back into the air ...

Trees are, or soon will be, losing their leaves. That will make their trunks all the more visible. That’s when you’ll begin ...

The vibrant transformation of leaves into shades of red, orange and yellow marks the transition from summer into the cooler months. With Boston ranked among the most beautiful autumn cities, its fall ...

Removing this layer restricts the tree from moving water up from the roots or nutrients back down, a process known as girdling. It’s such an effective way to kill trees that it's often used on ...

State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of MARA, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Green Plant Protection, Institute of Plant ...

We've all done it: meticulously stripped off those annoying, stringy bits—the 'banana strings'—before taking a bite. But what if those tiny fibers were secretly the best part of the fruit? A doctor's ...

There has been a recent increase in pine tree deaths reported in a swath extending from Tallahassee heading north to Thomasville and then east over to Valdosta and south to Steinhatchee. This ...