Caleb Werner, co-owner of Indian Summer Honey Farm, explains that while the early spring rains kept bees inside their hives, the summer weather helped turn things around. "Per hive we're hoping for ...

As the native plant movement grows, more people are creating biodiverse habitats at home. But they're clashing with neighbors ...

In the 1700s, a young botanist scandalized some by discussing “birds and bees” of pollination, and awarding Latin names to ...

In 1738, the young Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus dared to explore how the birds and the bees carry myriads of pollen grains (male) from the stamens of many flowers to the pistil (female ...

After several complaints, the forest department has now uprooted 20 buttonwood trees (Conocarpus) believed to be the reason for their respiratory illnesses, on the beach. The pollen from these ...

“Old Glory,” a roughly 400-year-old Valley Oak tree in Stevenson Ranch, became a Los Angeles County Historic Landmark this week. Why it matters: But it wasn’t always a walk in the park to ...

"Sometimes when trees get really stressed out and overheated, they will produce excess amounts of sap," he added. In short, ...

An old oak tree rooted in controversy was assigned a historical landmark on Tuesday following a unanimous vote from the LA County Board of Supervisors. Developers in 2002 were poised to knock down ...