Anchorage typically sees green-up take place within the first two weeks of May, with Fairbanks usually following suit just a ...

Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily ...

An infestation of caterpillars can make an oak tree postpone when it opens its leaves next year by three days, wrong-footing ...

The trees' clever tactic to outwit potentially deadly predators was detected by scientists in Germany using satellite data.

Not as large, but varied and abundant, are the violets.

The spring ephemeral season is about to erupt in the woods in our backyards. Further south, tree leaves are already unfolding and soon will be up here. By early June, the tree canopy will be thick ...