Why is the smell of Arizona's monsoon so distinctive? It releases the aromas of the desert, one ecologist says.

Rising seas are threatening a two-mile crescent beach in the Bay Area at the mouth of Bodega Bay, where families camp and dig ...

Climate change is altering juniper berry flavors, threatening gin's distinctive taste as weather patterns affect essential ...

Sun-loving blanket flowers are a beloved native wildflower abuzz with butterflies and native bees. Flowering spring through ...

Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy ...

My friend believes it is easier to veggie garden in the fall when the weather is more favorable, versus when heat becomes the ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

University of California Riverside research reveals plants use sugar and thermal signals to detect daytime heat.

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

Rising temperatures brought on by climate change could be causing fungal allergy season to start more than three weeks ahead ...

Although many of us spend allergy season cursing out plant pollen, spores from mold and other fungi also deserve some of that ...

Gardening changes with the seasons, so you’ll need to adjust the way you take care of your garden. You’ll need to keep up ...