More than 500 native plants in San Diego County are held in a Native Seed Bank at the zoo. Those seeds are dried down to a ...

Discover why the mighty Oak Tree was officially designated as the National Tree of the U.S. in 2004, symbolizing strength, ...

Galls are abnormal growths and can be caused by a variety of different organisms, including insects and mites, and ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists have studied the strange partnership between ants and seeds. In this relationship, ...

A rare look at the earliest stage of a pin oak tree shows how an acorn develops roots and leaves. Learn how one seedling was identified, transplanted and its role in supporting local wildlife.

It started as a home-cooked meal, ended in multiple deaths and a court sentence for Erin Patterson. Here's how the death cap ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced there are worsening conditions of beech leaf disease in the state.

On Beaufort County's St. Helena Island, a Gullah Geechee woman lives and grows crops on her ancestors' farmland and improves ...

Erin Patterson had an interest in mushrooms, and the lonely outskirts of Gippsland were the perfect place to find an unlikely murder weapon.

Female flowers have a little swelling at their base. That swelling will develop into a fruit if the flower is fertilized by ...