The temperature is still in flux, and this will likely remain true as we continue to march forward through spring. However, ...

With its ability to grow through asphalt and structural material, survive up to 20 years in total darkness and uproot the foundation of homes, Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) could be the ...

The easiest and most rewarding group of flies for amateurs like me to study is the family Syrphidae — that is, hoverflies or ...

Researchers are working to unravel the hidden biology of often-persnickety seeds as they age, sleep and awaken ...

This column returns to a regular recommendation: walk through your garden to appreciate recent growth and blossoms, spot problems that need attention and identify opportunities to enhance ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit trees. If you see shoot terminals, including stems, leaves, and flowers, on your apple tree that ... appear as if it has been hand-painted with bold ...

Durian drop naturally when they ripen, usually in the pre-dawn hours. The fruits are then collected and laid out for visitors ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we hang out with protesters mending clothes in public, see what extreme ...

If hearing Minnesota State University biology graduate student Fen Sego describe plants as “he” or “she” rather than ‘it” ...

Galdieria extract blue derives from Galdieria sulphuraria, a type of red algae that carries ... water extraction of the dried flower petals of the butterfly pea plant, and is already approved ...

Our protected wild spaces awakened something profound in the author of "A Wrinkle in Time." They did the same for me.