New research shows that the winter-flowering Chinese plum tree Prunus mume depends on passerine birds, which account for ...

Hundreds of imperiled species, including North Atlantic right whales and rusty patched bumble bees, could face greater ...

Every autumn, homeowners and gardeners tend to engage in a familiar ritual. As trees shed their leaves, people drag out rakes ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about some ways you can make your garden a welcoming habitat for beneficial insects such as ...

Chinese tallow came to the US centuries ago and was promoted as a soap crop. Today it infests over 234,000 acres in southeast ...

Millions of people worldwide watched as the Sydney Olympics came to a close in 2000. Meanwhile, thousands of bogong moths ...

A field experiment on the Tibetan Plateau shows that artificial light at night collapses moth visitation, boosts flies, and ...

When a nor'easter recently hit the Eastern Seaboard, it transformed my driveway into a stretch of whitewater rapids and ...

Scientists say we should expect more extreme weather events, which can often mean heavy rain and floods. One way to protect your garden and yard is to create a rain garden. Rain gardens are depressed ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and nutrition ...

A bare patch of school grounds in Broulee will soon be regenerated into a thriving native microforest - bringing ...

A NEW wildlife haven the size of four football pitches has been created at London Stansted. The airport developed the 3.18-hectare site near Bury Lodge Lane, close to the M11, to meet its biodiversity ...