According to a pamphlet from the United States Forest Service there are more than 20 poisonous plants in Idaho. These are ...

Is Your Child Suffering from Nature-Deficit Disorder?  According to Richard Louv, in his groundbreaking national bestseller, ...

Trails in both the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains were closed in January because of the Eaton and Palisades fires. In ...

scientists have also experimented with creating bags of nectar laced with insecticide that could target mosquitoes without exposing other pollinators to the poison. “So in theory, you could also ...

Poodle-dog bush thrives in Southern California mountains after wildfires. It's pretty but petting it can result in a severe ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports that when it comes to eradicating unwanted vegetation, goats have proven to be an ...

I write about K-12 and higher education. It’s impossible to ignore the mounting criticisms of America’s most exclusive colleges. These 20 schools—10 public and 10 private—are stepping up ...

Both shingles and poison ivy cause a painful, blistering rash. Poison ivy is an allergic reaction, while shingles is a viral infection. Shingles also causes additional symptoms that can ...

Students and parents have long approached the admissions process with a simple assumption: If you can get into an Ivy League school, you can get in anywhere. Based on that assumption, many ...

Scientists have a radical new plan for controlling mosquito numbers and fighting malaria: lacing human blood with a drug that's poisonous for the insects, so sucking on this blood marks their last ...

DEDHAM, Maine — The Maine Forest Service is encouraging Mainers to remove browntail moth webs from trees before caterpillars emerge in April. Browntail moths are a harmful invasive species. Not only ...

“Until recently, there is kind of a secrecy around what life is like at Ivy League schools,” says the Yale senior. “It gives people access into these spaces that they would otherwise have no ...