Forget weather apps, watch pine cones! Nature's secret forecasters open wide in sunshine, Forget weather apps, watch pine cones! Nature's secret forecasters open wide in sunshine, releasing seeds on ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com. A ...

Trees are very sensitive to the amount of daylight they receive. As nights get longer, cells at the base of leaves start to divide, which starts to block the veins carrying carbohydrates and minerals ...

I think everyone here in the Seacoast area has noticed the huge amount of white pine cones produced this year. Large quantities litter the ground. Red squirrel middens — piles of cones stripped of ...

Arlington Parks offers a DIY pine cone reindeer ornament craft for families to create using simple household items.

Look for hidden gems throughout Hendricks Park at the Forest Fairies Nature Quest this Sunday, Dec. 14. Starting at the Francis M. Wilkins Shelter, this walk includes a hunt for “fairies,” or pine ...

The staff at George Owens Nature Park, 1601 S. Speck Road, Independence, 816-325-7115, says a great number of pine cones have fallen from the eastern… ...