In Minnesota we have two native aspens — quaking aspen (populus tremuloides) and bigtooth aspen (populus grandidentata).

Upside down, you’re turning me / You’re giving love instinctively / ‘Round and ‘round you’re turning me” are the words I hear ...

A male clone, it only bears red catkins in spring, never the masses of white fluffy seeds that are associated with female poplar trees. Lombardy poplar bark becomes fissured with age. Its fast growth ...

Just before fall hits its full stride, we encounter early bits of color — some to be celebrated, some to be admired, and some ...

The vast majority of home construction is done with fast- growing softwoods. What you’ll find at home centers (The prices listed are for an 8-ft. 1x6.) STANDARD PINE ($4) Eastern white pine is the ...

Overhead, turkey vultures and hawks circle looking for prey. Underfoot, snakes, salamanders and turtle hatchlings do their ...

Spotted lanternflies, an invasive, destructive pest, have been found in Covington. Here's what you should know.

Discover a hidden gem farm where each donut is made with love from locally-grown pumpkins.

Some rural communities in Yancey County, North Carolina, remain cut off and reeling after the historic floods caused by ...

Geese everywhere. From this angle I could see they were organized into smaller groups, some poking their beaks into the ...

Greenville is known for its lush tree canopy, but Helene showed how untested they were against tropical-force winds as homes ...

Buzzing chainsaws and growling generators have replaced the everyday suburban sounds of lawnmowers and birds in my ...