April through June is when the 5,000+ elevation areas on mountain slopes start to see blooms. Desert mariposa, blackbush, beavertail cactus, and desert fiddleneck wildflowers begin blooming around ...

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic, and other metal ...

"The White Lotus" on HBO has brought attention to Cerbera odollam, a highly toxic tree native to Southeast Asia known as the ...

There are two species of streamertail hummingbirds on the island of Jamaica, West Indies—one with red-billed males (Trochilus ...

A U.S. citizen received an email from the Department of Homeland Security that ordered her to self-deport from the country ...

If you’re due for a new pair of hiking shoes this spring, look no further than Merrell’s new styles.

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Springtime has arrived in Imperial Valley, a region renowned for its agriculture, and with it comes the vibrant bloom of ...

Welcome to Deadline’s annual list of premiere dates for new and returning TV series. The roster covers hundreds of broadcast, ...

The finale of The White Lotus season 3 focused heavily on the poisonous fruit growing around the titular hotel, begging the ...

A lithium gold rush is erupting beneath California's Salton Sea, where a $540 billion discovery could supercharge U.S. battery independence.

Charles Clover is an award-winning reporter, but he also writes like a conscientious academic. The first half of his book describes a century of Russian political philosophy, from Nikolai Danilevsky’s ...