While following paths through the conifer forests in the North State, hikers often encounter the shiny, bright green, heart-shaped leaves of wild ginger plants. For me, these happy hearts on the ...

These spring forest flowers are pretty enough to eat. Go ahead—our five simple recipes will fuel your culinary imagination. Renegade patches of snow still linger in the forest’s darkest spots when the ...

Step into the forest with me, dear traveler. I am the princess of these berry-bright woods, and I must tell you a secret ...

Like extreme pressure forms diamonds, hot summer fires have shaped California’s wooded landscapes and native plants over the years. Whether set by lightning strikes during our dry hot summer or by ...

For more than a decade, ecologists have been warning of a downward trend in bumble bee populations across North America, with habitat destruction a primary culprit in those losses. While efforts to ...

MUNCHING through tart lemony leaves, I cried triumphantly ``wood sorrel!'' as alarmed ladies strode their dogs through the beautiful, ancient Birks of Aberfeldy. ``Wild carrot, wall lettuce, wild ...