Many plants are poisonous to humans and animals alike, which is why it’s important to spot them before it’s too late. As more people venture outside to enjoy warm weather, knowing how to identify and ...

Many plants are poisonous to humans and animals alike, which is why it’s important to spot them before it’s too late. As more people venture outside to enjoy warm weather, knowing how to identify and ...

While walking around our property this week, I came across two interesting things going on with our pin oak trees. The first thing that caught my eye was what looked like a white grape growing from an ...

Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...

The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable future, but some people are feeling the painful, itchy remnants of a ...

Few average Joes can correctly identify every species of oak growing in North America. That’s the kind of Final Jeopardy-level knowledge typically reserved for foresters, wildlife biologists, and very ...