As I write this in the first week of May, we are celebrating National Wildflower Week, a time to celebrate the spring abundance of colorful yet ephemeral blazes of color throughout the region. In our ...

Pollinators are declining rapidly, largely due to land conversion and intensification of agriculture. To mitigate their crisis, low-disturbance habitats, such as sown wildflower plantings, could ...

Pale, sandy-colored cheat grass lures the onset of wildfires that can quickly grow out of control and char entire landscapes. Wildflowers and native grasses perform a different function, setting down ...

My Facebook friends have been buzzing about a free wildflower seed giveaway sponsored by a national cereal manufacturer to benefit bees. I’ve been asked more than once about my opinion. To avoid nasty ...

The complicated relationship between a common wildflower and a little gray moth is yielding new insights into how species coevolve, with implications for the conservation of biodiversity. Researchers ...

NASA has awarded Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center a grant to create a native plant landscape master plan at the Johnson Space Center. Beginning in September, JSC will be a test site for a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. I grew up in salmon country, and quickly developed a ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- A dazzling array of colors, leaves and blooms greets hikers following the Wildflower Trail at Snow Mountain Ranch near Cowiche northwest of Yakima. Former Cowiche Canyon Conservancy ...

“In wildness is the preservation of the world.” — John Muir With our star, the sun finally making a showing, the time was right to meet up with hike leader, Mike Parmeter of the California Native ...

The bold yellow wood poppies were the first wildflowers in Nellie Yoho’s yard to catch her eye. They flourished here on the limestone bedrock west of Bloomington, while the landscaper’s acid-loving ...

After weathering an unusually wet fall and early winter, Californians may be greeted with colorful wildflower “super blooms” this spring, according to state parks officials. Public land managers are ...