“I hope I can be the autumn leaf who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew that life was a gift.” — Dodinsky, "The Garden of Thoughts" As I began to ponder ...

Homeowners and landscapers frequently prioritize spring flowers and summer shade when choosing trees. Fall foliage, however, ...

The fall colors of large woodland trees seemed a bit more muted and more sporadic compared with previous years, likely due to the drought. For example, in some woodlands, shagbark hickory leaves ...

The glorious show of autumn color is transitioning to the familiar browns and barren trees that will continue through winter. Two Purdue experts recently offered advice on what to do with fallen ...

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.

Leaves often turn brilliant colors in autumn. One of those colors has generated a lot of heated debate among scientists in recent years. Autumn is a big time for trees. Many shed their leaves, and of ...

The time when trees change color and then drop their leaves is a signpost of the year, a mark of the familiar cycle of the seasons. Early to mid-October is typically the height of the color in ...