Three giant horse chestnut trees, each over 80 feet tall, stand guard in front of my house. They are gentle giants, producing fragrant blossoms in spring and cooling the house in summer. They vanquish ...

For my sixth-grade biology class, I identified leaves with a field guide book. How I wish I’d had a plant identification app at that time! But part of the fun was peering into a book, memorizing ...

Spring has sprung, trees are in leaf, and songbirds are singing in celebration of Arbor Day. In Alaska, Arbor Day is observed on the third Monday in May. It is celebrated on different days in other ...

While there haven’t been any major monsoon storms since the season officially began June 15, the threat of storms persists this week and all through the summer, according to the National Weather ...