Poison ivy, oak and sumac all can create itchy rashes from urushiol. What you need to know before the rash starts.

Poison ivy, oak and sumac all can create itchy rashes from urushiol. What you need to know before the rash starts.

Because orchids bloom for months, they might give the impression that their flowering period never ends but it does. And if ...

Plant brightly-colored impatiens next to one of these nine shade-loving companion plants to ensure your shade garden looks ...

The public outcry over the felling at Sycamore Gap emphasised the attachment Britain has to its ancient landmarks, but what ...

Willows (Salix ssp) can be identified by their long, narrow leaves, which have small toothed leaf margins ... in an alternating pattern along the stem. Some elm leaves are smooth on one side ...

BIRCH RUN, Mich. (WJRT) - Birch Run Area School District voters have rejected a bond proposal worth over $41 million intended for district improvements. The proposal was one of two measures on the ...

A striking 11-foot oarfish on display in the new exhibit Oarfish: Recent Discoveries from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Collection at the Birch Aquarium. (Photo Courtesy of the Birch ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The “doomsday fish” that washed up on a San Diego beach late last year is now on display at San Diego’s Birch Aquarium, giving visitors a unique chance to see the ...

The female lays her eggs in clusters on birch leaves, but the emerging caterpillars scatter as quickly as possible to avoid being more than one per leaf. More precisely, they settle on the tip of ...

As they cling to leaf tips, newborn warty birch caterpillars produce vibrations that can ward off invaders approaching their millimeter-size domain. By Becky Ferreira When territorial animals are ...

When the eggs of the warty birch caterpillar hatch, the tiny neonates – only 1 to 2 mm (0.04 to 0.08 inches) long – begin their journey across the leaf. They don’t settle in the middle or near the ...