Everyone knows the big hitters in the Golden State, but California is packed with sumptuous mountain towns that remain off the tourist radar.

Some scientists and Colorado residents are raising concern that the state’s messaging and management of beetle-killed forests ...

A year after the Eaton and Palisades fires, an astonishing number of plants survived the flames and thrived without water or tending; plus February plant events.

Old Survivor is the name given to the last remaining old-growth redwood tree in Oakland, a nearly 500-year-old wonder that overlooks the East Bay from the top of Leona Heights Park. Old growth ...