If mistletoe's status as a nutrient-stealing freeloader has been cooling your holiday ardor, new research led by an Oregon ...

Though not commonly used as firewood, ivy can sometimes end up in burn piles. Burning ivy releases smoke that irritates the ...

Gilbert Anthony Portillo, 64, Manteca; 1:43 p.m. at 3500 block of Coal Mine Road in Ione: Felony Warrant Arrest, Felony ...

South Locust Street from Fonner Park Road to Anna Street/Bismark Road will reopen to all lanes of traffic beginning Monday.

In Old Norse mythology, Baldr, the son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, was slain with a mistletoe spear. Some interpretations suggest that, “kissing under the mistletoe symbolizes forgiveness, ...

Trekking across Malaysia, her adopted country, she found more than 150 unrecorded plant species. “She’s one of the greatest ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s ...

To gasps of delight, our guide Nestor Toussaint points out the St Lucia parrot, the island’s vibrant, vocal national bird and ...

A three-inch long Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) was spotted at a local Santa Barbara County business this ...