Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The thrill of correctly identifying trees can be enhanced by properly ...

Our mornings have been a little cool. The school buses are on the road. The leaves are falling from the trees. It must be October. Nope, check the date. It is still August; so, what is going on here?

When I was a kid growing up in suburban New York City, I used to wander into the woods and just sit at the base of big old beech trees. I’m not sure exactly what I expected to happen but always ...

A new study by Concordia researchers has found that leaf toughness doesn’t always stop insects from taking a bite. The researchers looked at two closely related trees: the sugar maple — whose leaf ...

For short-lived spring wildflowers such as wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) and Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), timing is everything. These fleeting plants, known as ephemerals, grow in ...