Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the peculiar forest plant aptly named ghost pipe, scientific name Monotropa ...

Mosquitoes, aphids and whiteflies will stay away if you plant these four flowers, according to advice, with no need to resort ...

As official research positions are lost to budget cuts, the work of citizen scientists to preserve federal forests is ...

Cornflowers, also called bachelor’s buttons, are deer-resistant wildflowers in shades of blue, purple, pink, red, and white.

Spring brings an abundance of fresh, wild edible plants right to your backyard and local trails. From tender dandelion greens ...

Q: It has been an amazing spring for bird species in my birdbaths and feeders. Among the unexpected species are rufous ...

Whitetail deer hunting is so good in Illinois, it draws hunters from near and far. In 2018, a resident of Virginia headed west in hopes of bagging a deer. Oh, boy, did he ever. When Luke H. Brewster ...

Researchers are working to unravel the hidden biology of often-persnickety seeds as they age, sleep and awaken ...

Our native shrubs are some of the most unsung heroes in the native plant world. Most of them never grow much higher than a deer’s maximum reach.

it might even deter the deer from venturing further into your garden beds. This Caryopteris hybrid is easy to grow in your yard as long as you plant it in a sunny spot that has well-draining soil. You ...