First, I want to explain the difference between aggressive and invasive plants. Florida native plants can become aggressive, like elderberries, but because they are native, they do not disturb the ...

Emerging infectious diseases in animals that are caused by fungi that you may have heard or read about include white-nose ...

Autumn has arrived - if rowan berries are anything to go by. The birds are in for an early feast because the branches of the ...

Researchers are connecting two ecological problems in the Northeast in hopes of reducing the risk of tick-borne illnesses.

Scientists say that alcohol has been in the natural world for millions of years: "moderate ethanol intake is associated with ...

Avoid all forms of cabbage – red ... berries are tolerated in small quantities but due their bitterness they don’t tend to be ...

Bearberries, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, are evergreen ground cover plants growing across much of Canada and the northern United ...

The 2.3km long New York City High Line can teach us many things, not least about the most resilient plants to grow in urban ...

English ivy (Hedera helix) has long been popular for its attractive, variegated foliage and red berries in winter ... an ...

The staghorn sumac is a sensory delight, from its toothed leaf edges to its fuzzy fruit and young stems. Though it is related ...

Washington state officials are debating whether to brand a traditional holiday decoration a noxious weed. The dubious decor ...

Mulberry trees are self-fertile and can fruit throughout the summer to provide a harvest of sweet berries for jams, jellies, ...