When law makers discuss protecting endangered species, they mostly think about protecting mammals. Yet, S.C.'s diverse plant ...

Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its ...

Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its ...

As the men climbed a sandy bank, they encountered a tree with the ... colorful map of eastern North Carolina, gaily decorated with English ships and Indian canoes. The chart, based on careful ...

The Nature Conservancy reported that climate shifts are helping invasive plants spread, giving them an advantage over native ...

Workshops on researching family history are held at many of our special events like the Spring Swap on April 26. (Elvin ...

Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its ...

It eats copperheads, the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in central North Carolina and the Triangle. Its population (most likely) continues to decline. More on that later.

In the late afternoon of May 17, thousands were without power in Western North Carolina after storms hit the area.Bill Norton ...

A wrong species and other saplings that arrived sickly have slowed down the city's push to replace old trees, including along ...

Invasives have largely wiped out the American chestnut and elm, caused “hell” with the beech, and are now wreaking havoc on ...

After spending nearly two decades beneath the surface, Brood XIV cicadas are emerging across Western North Carolina.