Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

The daffodil is a bit of an adopted flower here in the big apple. (Actually, that’s cause for some harrumphing from ecologically minded locals, but that’s another story.) After 9/11, as a memorial to ...

Artist Sam Van Aken's 'Tree of 40 Fruit' uses grafting to create wonder but also to preserve regional agricultural traditions ...

Short book reviews of Pretty Nearly All Natural by Genie Abrams; Fear No Pharoah: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight ...

A famous southern magnolia tree thought to have been planted by President Andrew Jackson at the White House nearly 200 years ...

Ethelred van Wessex defeats the Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. 1349: Townspeople of Fulda, Germany, massacre ...

These impressive zone 6 perennials are easy to grow and offer loads of eye-catching garden flair. The post Gorgeous Zone 6 ...

The tree produces large, round ... Its bark is deeply ridged and orangish-brown, while branches bear sharp thorns and release a milky sap when broken. Growing 30-50 feet tall, Osage Orange ...

Ruth Stout didn’t plow, dig, water, or weed—and now her “no-work” method is everywhere. But behind her secret to the perfect ...

While many of the recent changes at Chadwick Lake are man-made (check out the progress on their massive new community center here), the surrounding plants and animals are hard at work as well, ...

Harriet Martineau was a feminist, social reformer and a leading 19th-century thinker who advised women on a healthy home ...

They drove over afterward to see if anyone needed help and recorded video of snapped trees, leveled buildings ... Walker reported from New York and Reynolds reported from Louisville, Kentucky.