Winter birds need all they can help they can get, especially when it comes to food and shelter this time of the year. The tiny Anna’s hummingbirds that overwinter in local gardens especially need ...

Many types of wildlife — along with the insects they feed on — appreciate dead plants. Some take advantage of ...

The nectar of the almond tree produces an extraordinary and dangerous poison. This is the only known plant to have this poison in its flowers' nectar. A study carried out at the University of Haifa ...

In this Spring 2016 haul, I share my favorite tips & finds from the Dollar Tree for Gardening (even if you live in an apartment or are renting). Some of these items are so good I can't believe they ...

The pentailed tree shrew has been found by an international team of researchers to drink copious amounts of fermented floral nectar, yet appears to remain sober. The same relative amount of beer drunk ...

The Kendal at Oberlin Indigenous Peoples interest group recently hosted an intergenerational tree planting ceremony to ...

Has the almond tree developed a unique way of drawing potential pollinators? A group of researchers in Israel speculate that the toxin called amygdalin that is found in almond tree nectar is in fact ...