Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 11—The early spring is progressing, a bit slow at times with the return of chilly days, but it is happening. In sunlit sites ...

For those slogging through one of the harshest winters in recent memory, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. The first wildflower of the year is already blooming — even if it is still covered in ...

The groundhogs have had their say on when spring will arrive (though Buckeye Chuck and Punxsutawney Phil disagreed). Now it's time for the skunks. Skunk cabbages, that is. According to a recent ...

I’ve given up on winter. It seems that nature around me has, too. This past rainy weekend, I ventured into a nearby marsh, wading through knee-high mud under cold, glowering skies that hinted of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The groundhogs have had their say on when spring will arrive (though Buckeye Chuck and Punxsutawney Phil disagree), now it's time ...

Skunk cabbage doesn’t have a ring-of-spring name. “Trillium” rolls off the tongue like white petals off the stem, and you can almost hear trilling in the cattails when you say “red-winged blackbirds.” ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Spring has almost sprung. I know this not because the calendar says so, but because the fried-fish Lenten specials on Fridays at Kings Arms have returned. It’s not the melting ...

Skunk Cabbage is an early spring plant known for its foul odor and ability to generate its own heat. This plant is native to eastern North America, growing from Nova Scotia to North Carolina. It ...

Well before the last snowdrifts have receded, a mysterious plant is already emerging from its winter slumber. Skunk cabbage is a funky-looking, flowering wild perennial plant that is among the first ...