Because it’s one of the earliest spring bloomers, the serviceberry is an important food source for bees, butterflies and ...

Local environmentalists are calling on the city of Bakersfield to put a greater emphasis on tree canopy in its latest parks plan update, which is on the City Council's agenda for Wednesday evening. In ...

Some are looking to Biden to make the designations before the arrival of an administration that has advocated for opening ...

A rare native plant is making a remarkable comeback at Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve following the site’s first intentional burns in over half a century. The species, commonly known as ...

It would appear that the pomegranate is among the healthiest health foods on earth.

Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new UC Riverside studies. “We have changed ...

Many flowering bushes call the Pacific Northwest home, and while hummingbirds are always on the move, these plants will coax ...

I made this oak’s acquaintance courtesy of “Plants for the Winter Garden” (Timber Press, 2024), by Warren Leach. The author ...

The Nipomo CSD gets its water from the Santa Maria Valley groundwater basin, which extends from Orcutt to Pismo Beach and ...

California officials say the state is removing a derogatory term for a Native American woman from geographic features and ...

A buckthorn plant is removed from some areas of the campgrounds by the Summer Youth Program of the Conservation Corps of Minnesota at the William O'Brien State Park, on Wednesday, July 10 ...