Scientists discovered that the red stigmas in wind-pollinated trees accumulate anthocyanin, the same compounds that are revealed in autumn leaves after green chlorophyll production slows down and ...

Hazelnuts have long been prized as a tasty and nutritious food. Found in forests statewide in Missouri, they are a favorite wild edible for many people. Squirrels and other small mammals feast on the ...

February 20th is International Allergy Day. In Carinthia, many people suffer from pollen allergies, currently caused by ...

Hazelnuts have long been prized as a tasty and nutritious food. Found in forests statewide in Missouri, they are a favorite ...

Hazelnuts rely on the wind to loft pollen grains from male flowers, known as catkins, to eventually attach ... “Many wind-pollinated trees have red stigmas, but up until now we didn’t know ...

Currently, of course, there are bare boughs, sky and even the Towers of Woking. But the hazel is covered with catkins and to ...

You may be familiar with its name from the bottle of astringent found in your home medicine cabinet or for sale on pharmacy ...

Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...

What you may not know is the leaves, bark and twigs from American witch hazel, a small native tree, are used in the manufacture of this product. Historically, witch hazel was used by Native Americans ...

The path weaves its way up to Janet's Foss waterfall where water cascades down before plunging into a pool below, flowing between ash, birch and hazel trees. The falls' interesting name is a nod ...