As summer arrives in Yemen, the streets of Sanaa have come alive with vendors selling prickly pear fruit, a seasonal staple offering both sustenance and an economic lifeline to a country reeling ...

Wild pigs are increasingly threatening Bay Area hikers with aggressive encounters. These large hybrid creatures damage habitats and pose safety risks on trails.

Nearly a week after a powerful storm moved through Green Country, a massive tree remains lodged inside a Sand Springs family's home. The Simmons family is now dealing with more than just ...

At almost 400 years old, the Endicott Pear Tree in Danvers is believed to be the oldest living cultivated fruit tree in all of North America.

In a forest owned by Treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Litva (Lithuania) Alexander Soltan, shepherds noticed a bright light breaking through the branches of a wild pear tree.

While it can produce stunning blooms, this tree’s odor has been compared to dead fish, vomit, and urine, to name just a few undesirable things.

Bradford Pear trees, known for their foul-smelling blossoms, are considered an invasive species. Alternatives like chokecherry and serviceberry are recommended. If you're taking a walk and see a ...

If you want to get rid of your Bradford pear tree now – whether because of the ecological problems or the smell – it's best to do it before those blooms have a chance to turn into berries.

Ever walk past a beautiful, white-flowered tree and then notice an unpleasant smell? You probably stumbled upon the Bradford pear tree.

But the Bradford pear doesn't do that, and yet we still subject ourselves to it. We accept it as if it’s just some unchangeable law of nature, when in reality the tree is literally at war with ...