T he aspiring naturalist begins her or his craft in the warmer seasons, when it is easy to name and to know the trees and grasses and shrubs by their ...

The weekend’s weather is set to be dry with sunny spells and temperatures of between 8° and 10°, according to weather bureau Weeronline. Saturday is the first day of meteorological spring, but it will ...

See our full methodology. You’ve heard of “farm-to-table” but what about “farm-to-bed” as Birch puts it? In a world of advanced mattress materials like high-tech cooling covers and hyper ...

River birch is the only Spring-fruiting birch tree species. Female river birch flowers develop in the Spring as shorter, upright catkins on spur-shoots develop into cone-like structures containing ...

In the Mesolithic, birch-bark tar was commonly utilized across Europe and much of Asia as an adhesive to bind, seal and coat surfaces, but also quite frequently it was found to be chewed. The tar is ...