It’s peak mushroom season in the Pacific Northwest. Various mushrooms grow across Washington state, and the U.S. Forest ...

The peninsula has rare plants that don’t grow in many other places. Scientists get excited about this spot because nature has kept it pretty much the way it’s always been. You might spot wildflowers ...

Bat maternity season runs from April 16 through Aug. 14, and it's illegal to block of exclude bats from their roosts during ...

The Crab Orchard "weather prophetess" was popular in the Knoxville News-Sentinel, but her predictions garnered national ...

Oregon scientists have spent decades figuring out which trees can survive invasive blister rust fungus, which has wiped out millions of whitebark pine trees across the West and threatens the survival ...

Like true aphids, woolly aphids suck sap from plants and can stunt their growth. Here's how to get rid of them from your flower beds for good.

That spider is one of several new animal species recently described by researchers in Vietnam, India, the Philippines, Borneo, and Peru. Each creature has evolved its own strategy for hiding in plain ...

You probably aren’t watering or pruning the 75-foot oak or maple in the front yard, but mature trees aren’t maintenance free.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane's urban forest is facing a significant challenge due to a pine bark beetle outbreak, which has resulted in the removal of at least 200 Ponderosa trees. Urban Forester Katie ...

Pepper bark tree in South Africa is recovering after being endangered for years. Conservation with local communities and nurseries helped boost tree numbers. Tree's survival supports medicine, culture ...

I’ve seen a fungus-like growth on several trees in the neighborhood. It’s a pale gray-green color with a frilly texture, and it coats much of the bark on some trunks. Can we do something about this ...

A two-part workshop on winter tree identification is scheduled for Feb. 12 and Feb. 14 at Spring Mill State Park. The sessions, led by Janet Eger of the White River Forestry Committee, aim to teach ...