Using her signature nature sketches, Leslie highlights key identification clues such as beak shape, coloring, flight patterns ...

The word comes from the Greek “phaino” (to show or appear) and “logos” (to study). Phenology works because certain events ...

Plus, if plants are under additional stress (e.g., water, insect or disease) or if more than one nutrient is deficient, visual symptoms may be misleading. The first step to visual identification of a ...

Trees are master multitaskers. No duty is too daunting or tedious for these sky-scratching organisms. From soil stabilizers ...

Brooms are lovely spring-blooming shrubs, but they are way more valuable for their ability to grow where other plants ...