Tuna are one of the ocean’s most important commercial fish, providing food for millions of people. Once endangered from overfishing, this species has been helped by sustainable fishing quotas.

The first time I saw one of the largest trees on Earth was by accident. I took a southern route from the East Coast to Lake Tahoe, stopping for an afternoon in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove. Without ...

Jane visits a lush, tree-filled plant nursery that holds decades of happy memories for the family who set it up in the 1960s. The garden and nursery sits on 2 hectares in Melbourne’s north-east and ...

With their imposing size and universal symbolism, trees are the celebrities of the plant world. But some trees can boast special A-list status, whether for their massive measurements, the number of ...

One of the downsides of gardening in Flagstaff is the short growing season. According to the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, the typical growing season for summer crops lasts only 103 ...

A California black walnut tree included on a walking tour of Mare Island. Photo: Nancy Correa. VALLEJO – Mare Island’s story is often told through shipbuilding and the naval base. A growing series of ...

At a corner house in San Anselmo, a different redwood grows on three corners of the lot. The redwoods are the coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens; the Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum; and the ...

At the time my husband, Hugh, and I planted our first vegetable gardens in northern Arizona, we intentionally designed both of them to be in full sun — I had assumed living in a cold climate meant all ...

[Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified] (Phil[adelphi]a : Th. Sinclair's lith.) Although the artist's name is clearly printed as W.R. Blake, the impression in the Amon Carter Museum is ...