According to customs dating to the 1500s, mistletoe is the Yuletide decoration of romance. Hang a sprig above a place where ...

Mother Nature doesn’t really care if something looks cute or gross. If it works, it works. And when it comes to raising ...

Putting out bird feeders? Don't forget to let at least part of your yard get a little wild, too, says Earth Matters columnist ...

Anyone visiting the seaside knows to protect their chips and ice cream from beady–eyed seagulls. But there's another hazard associated with the birds – their poop. Now experts have revealed just how ...

The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

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Avoid these six invasive trees that harm native ecosystems and create long-term problems in Southern yards. Learn what not to ...

Paleontologists have discovered the first known fossilized bee nests built inside ancient bones, uncovered in a cave that ...

Birds are flitting between tree branches, salamanders are sliding through leaf litter, and wolves are tracking the scent of ...

Two years after the assault, Marco Goecke is staging a nontraditional “Nutcracker.” Ballet Basel hopes the focus will stay on ...

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “The Serviceberry,” offers ideas rooted in nature for creating sharing economies as a way to ...