Pruning during the winter or off-season can cause the plant ... spring or summer months when the plant is actively growing.

Lester is one half of a team that recently built a remote weigh scale that will allow researchers to monitor ... These grassy ...

On a cloudy spring morning in one of Athens' most densely inhabited districts, thousands of fresh saplings dotting a small ...

I helped build North America’s first solar sidewalk, generating enough electricity to power a house for half a year ...

Window boxes have a certain reputation. They’re quaint, they’re cottage-core, they’re fussy. And while there are reasons for ...

Black bears are fascinating creatures; watch how seven bears scale a single tree when frightened by something ... Black bears enter a state of torpor during the winter months. This reduces their ...

Mueller State Park spreads across 5,000 acres of pristine habitat that serves as nature’s equivalent of a luxury resort for wildlife. Elk, black bears, hawks, and mule deer treat the place like their ...

Chipmunks hibernate during winter, though they occasionally wake to snack ... Evidently these creatures are excellent climbers, often seen scaling trees in search of food. Iowa hosts the Eastern ...

A week ago, I wrote about certain trees and shrubs requiring a specific dose of winter chill to bloom. A principal reason for ...

Scale is one of the largest soft-scale insects that attacks trees by sucking plant fluids and sap. The adults never move and do not obviously look like insects, so many gardeners don’t realize ...