Taking a creative cue from the carol, “The 12 Days of Christmas,” I created a Partridge in a Pear Tree cocktail to make this holiday season. Here’s what makes this drink delicious.

Even so, you will probably never see a partridge in a pear tree. How could that be? After all, the repetitive first line of the “The 12 Days of Christmas” carol references a beloved receiving ...

They’re so problematic, officials in some states have issued a bounty for it. The species, the Callery pear tree, has a complicated origin story in the U.S. Originally imported from Asia in 1909 ...

Then, when you got a little closer, you may have thought, "why does that tree smell so bad?" If this sounds familiar, you most likely encountered a Bradford pear tree. Native to Asia, Bradfords ...

Bradford pear trees form thick stands that prevent sunlight from nourishing native plants, which turn provide food and habitats for wildlife. Widely considered to be a malodorous tree, the smell ...