A Lakeview community is tasked with cleaning out a forest of fallen trees after a tornado tore through Morris County on ...

EAST CHICAGO — A Friday-morning shooting has left a male victim dead, East Chicago police said, and a suspect is at-large. Police responded to 3701 Dahlia St. at approximately 11:16 a.m. Friday ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

Trees with white flowers have a way of lifting and lightening a garden’s mood—as well as soothing the mood of the gardener.

Calypso orchid, fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa) — A single, dainty, purple-magenta-yellow-white blossom atop a slender stem ...

Spring brings the return of color to the garden. Bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s a ...

I recently caught sight of the blooms of a candlestick plant (Senna alata) in my neighborhood and was reminded that this ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice on azaleas, Meyer lemons, star fruit, St. Augustine lawns, tulips, daffodils and ...

April showers (and snows) bring May flowers, but at Crossroads at Big Creek, they also enable the return of spawning fish, ...

The Northland is home to several large maple trees. Growing big with very colorful leaves, they dominate the forest in fall. It is hard not to notice their dynamic blended colors at that time. But in ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will ...

Street trees often grow in appalling soil, have little root space, are rarely watered and get aggressively trimmed. But this ...