When Surtsey erupted from the sea in 1963, it became a living experiment in how life begins anew. Decades later, scientists ...

Cooler temperatures don't have to mean giving up seeing birds in your yard. This shrub gives birds the food and shelter ...

Haleakalā National Park is home to many birds and animals found only in the Hawaiian Islands, including the endangered Maui parrotbill.

When the air turns icy and the trees shed their leaves, most of nature seems to go silent. But listen closely on a crisp ...

Found in Minnesota lakes and wetlands, native cattails provide many benefits.

There may be a 20-foot-tall skeleton on your next-door neighbor's lawn and zombies in the yard across the street, but the real horrors often lie in unmarked graves in the gardens of those you least ...

Instead of pruning your dead aster flowers to prepare for the colder months ahead, leave them alone and bask in your feathered friends' appreciation.

There may be a 20-foot-tall skeleton on your next-door neighbor’s lawn and zombies in the yard across the street, but the real horrors often lie in unmarked graves in the gardens of those you least su ...

As leaves mature, they take on the sea green color of the ordinary, non-variegated versions of these species. Moving on to ...

The book is the result of six years of fieldwork, photography, and careful documentation, which offers an unprecedented overview of Bangladesh’s natural flora — trees, herbs, shrubs, and ferns alike ...

Think bread is safe for birds? Discover why experts say this common food can actually harm wild birds—and what to feed them instead.

Some ghastly garden scenarios, like my mint mishap, are clearly our own fault, but the blame for others can fall squarely on ...