Plant ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology focussed on the distribution and abundance of plants, and their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. Plants are vital to healthy ...
Thank you, Pilita Clark, for an excellent article on the continuing deterioration of the English language (“The battle around ‘around’ and other awful woolly words”, Business Life ...
With extended droughts, wildfires, and extreme heat, choosing landscape plants in California can be a challenge. When you use native California plants, you can be sure they’ll survive your local ...
Getty Robert Plant is a rock star to the world, but his children know him best as a supportive dad. The frontman of the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin, Plant is an eight-time Grammy winner with ...
There are plenty of words to describe the spirit of Thanksgiving: family, abundance, thankfulness and, perhaps, stress. But when it comes to the foods of Thanksgiving, more often than not, there ...
"Solid black woolly worm...think [they] say solid black means a bad winter." Interestingly, these little creatures can be responsible for predicting what kind of winter you can expect in central ...
Creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum) is an aromatic semi-evergreen groundcover plant that only reaches a few inches tall and produces small pink or purple blooms in the summer, beautifying your ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – As the chill of winter approaches, many look to an unlikely source for clues about the season ahead—the woolly bear caterpillar. With its distinctive black-and-orange bands, ...