Use one of nature's most abundant materials to entertain children and make art. Leaves are everywhere this time of year. Rather than view them as a nuisance that needs to be cleaned up, consider them ...

If you have a yard full of fallen leaves every autumn, you’re not alone. Instead of bagging them up for trash day, you can put those leaves to work in your garden. Fallen leaves are more than just a ...

This is the time of year when Nicole Hughes gets constantly distracted by the fall foliage as she drives around North Carolina. "I'm always looking," says Hughes, a biologist at High Point University.

Autumn is a big time for trees. Many shed their leaves, and of course, before the leaves fall, they can turn brilliant colors. One of those colors has generated a lot of heated debate among scientists ...

Although the chemistry of autumn colours is well understood, there is an ongoing and lively debate among scientists about why trees evolved their vivid autumn colours in the first place. Driving north ...

A campaign by the National Wildlife Federation and the Xerces Society, asserts that leaves are not trash, debris, or yard waste. Autumn in New England is a cherished time marked by well-honored ...

As we head into winter, our garden bounty diminishes – which, along with plunging temperatures, can make life harder for the wildlife in our back gardens. What we do get an abundance of, however, are ...

Autumn is a time when trees in temperate regions produce an amazing display of red, orange and yellow foliage. But why does this happen? The green hue of the leaves during spring and summer is due to ...

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