Beach plums ( Prunus maritima) won't get to be very large, which means they can work well in smaller yards as a showpiece.

A common backyard bird you will see this summer are blue jays. Although they are known for their aggressive bullying behavior ...

Year of North Carolina'. In an effort to celebrate the state's character, lawmakers decided to celebrate all existing state ...

If you spot it flowering, act quickly, as these multiple flowers will soon produce abundant shiny, light brown berries ... which are orange or pinkish red instead of white and fragrant.

New to birding? Start with the basics. Learn to recognize 15 common backyard birds, and discover ways to attract them to your ...

Drinking orange and grapefruit juice may help reduce ... and blood pressure measurements might be too short in time to identify any potential effects on lowering blood pressure.

Poison oak, much like poison ivy, also has three leaves. The difference between the two is that poison oak has fuzzy green ...

ORANGE — Police identified a town man who died after a large tree he was cutting fell on top of him as Frank Gallipoli Jr. Police and fire personnel were called to a home on Dogwood Road at ...

One skydiver is lucky to be alive after landing in an Orange County tree. What started as a typical skydive Sunday afternoon ended with the jumper dangling from a tree in need of rescue.

ORANGE — Frank Joseph Gallipoli Jr. of Orange, who was killed in a tree-cutting accident last week, was an Army veteran who later worked at Sikorsky Aircraft and was described in his obituary ...