Spring arrives with Indian plum, trillium, and rhododendrons blooming across Oregon’s forests. This seasonal guide explores native wildflowers, their uses, and forest survival skills, while also ...

Reading for all ages will kick off Monday, June 2 with registration from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Newton Public Library.

There are many native vines in the Tallahassee area, and most of them are only mildly aggressive, which means they can grow ...

A spring walk in search of a rare fern becomes a reflection on memory, nature and the quiet resilience of a threatened ...

It's usually a bonus when a beautiful flower has a strong fragrance, but not with this species. Its scent is more of a ...

As the legend goes, when the first spring salmon swam upriver, Uncle Skunk Cabbage told them he had kept the people from starving. As a reward, the salmon gave the skunk cabbage a war club, an elk ...

I started telling the story of a particular expedition into the woods and I ended up writing a column on the basics of fern ...

Frequent walks in the woods are necessary if you hope to catch a glimpse of fleeting displays of spring. Spring ephemerals, ...

Spring is happening, very slowly but surely. Purple mountain saxifrage has been blooming, salmonberry flowers appear, yellow violets are starting to flower. However, I have looked at countless stands ...

Winter practices a noble tradition called the Minnesota Goodbye, which is the default setting for many Minnesotans. An imminent departure lingers for an extended period as the process involves ...