Although the chemistry of autumn colours is well understood, there is an ongoing debate among scientists about why trees evolved their vivid autumn colours in the first place.

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Certain broadleaf trees can be uniquely identified by their brilliant fall ...

As the fall winds blow the remaining leaves from deciduous trees and the plants have gone dormant for the season, the bones ...

The Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea), a Neotropical migrant passerine, inhabits deciduous forests across the eastern and midwestern United States and Canada. Within this broad geographic ...

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners about ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - While lots of gardens have evergreens and other pretty plants for year-round interest, what I like best about a winter landscape are bare branches. Deciduous trees drop their ...

One of my favorite excursions of the year is my AP Environmental Science class field trip up Blue Job Mountain in Farmington, N.H. The purpose of this field trip is to collect data about a variety of ...

Patterns of larval parasitism among species in the macrolepidopteran assemblages on two riparian tree species, Acer negundo L. (box elder) and Salix nigra (Marsh) (black willow) were examined. Larvae ...

It is still evident that winter isn’t quite over because many of our deciduous trees, shrubs and vines are still leafless. Those bare plants reminded me that even though we live in Central Florida, ...