Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin led a tour of must-see exhibits, new events, ...

Home gardeners, Master Gardeners, commercial growers and anyone interested in sustainable pest control can learn practical, sustainable strategies for managing pests through an upcoming Penn State Ext ...

Venezuelan tarantulas have adapted to fill many different ecological niches. Learn more about the nearly 50 spiders native to ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

On the third floor of an engineering building at the University of Maryland are a bunch of six-foot tall Christmas trees. Only one of the trees was put in a stand and given lots of water every day.

PLAIN, Wash. — A driver in Chelan County narrowly survived a terrifying crash Monday after a tree washed across Highway 207 and pierced through his truck’s cab — missing his face by inches. The ...

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After the leftovers from Thanksgiving are tucked away in the refrigerator, many folks will cap off the holiday weekend by heading to a local tree farm for a cherished tradition — choosing and cutting ...

Journal Editorial Report: MIT rejects the President’s college ‘compact.’ Of the 10 sections of President Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, the second is the real key to ...

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says he watched people smile and pull out their phones to take photos while the truck he was riding in rolled down Grand Boulevard Thursday morning. No, he wasn’t ...

A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others. When you ...

A brown recluse is seen in this file photo. It is one of several species of spider you may spot inside your Kentucky home this fall. stphillips Getty Images Most spiders mature in late summer or fall ...