Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaves are food factories for the tree. Powered by sunlight, the green ...

A Japanese plant species with a peculiar leaf pattern recently revealed unexpected insight into how almost all plants control their leaf arrangement. Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn ...

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Our mornings have been a little cool. The school buses are on the road. The leaves are falling from the trees. It must be October. Nope, check the date. It is still August; so, what is going on here?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For broad-leaved trees like the holm oak, which grows in Mediterranean climates with dry summers and rainy winters, this seasonal ...

When I was a kid growing up in suburban New York City, I used to wander into the woods and just sit at the base of big old beech trees. I’m not sure exactly what I expected to happen but always ...

Tropical forests contain thousands of plant species that survive long dry periods without attracting much scientific ...

Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn colors, or taste, and the arrangement of leaves on a plant is a practical way to identify a species. However, the details of how plants control their leaf ...