Muhammad Syafi’i remembers screaming in pain as hot cooking oil splashed across his stomach and dripped down his legs, his ...

It is not a male anything. This is a female chaffinch, which appears to be suffering from leucism, causing the plumage to ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

I love plants and flowers but their presence in my garden would not provide the same level of enjoyment without the accompanying buzz, dart, flutter and flit of the pollinators ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

All right, it’s official. I’ve got spring fever. I’ve now seen every sign that foretells spring’s arrival: bumble bees, ...

I am the Priority Leader of Trait Diversity and Function, the Science Priority studying plant and fungal traits, to aid conservation, increase resilience to global change, and explore potential uses ...

The Bee & Garden Conference will be held in Minden, March 20-22. Credit: Photo by Wendy Hanson Mazet. Presentations will provide information on beekeeping, planting for pollinators, mitigating ...

But climate change, the increasing use of pesticides and loss of habitat means bees are endangered. No matter how big your garden or outside space is, you can plant a flower or two to help bees." ...

To test whether bees are more plentiful in natural areas, Russo and her team planted identical gardens—roughly 10 feet by 6.5 feet (3 x 2 meters)—in five different landscapes around eastern ...