Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thick vegetation along the banks of the Kankakee river, the natural habitat of the Kankakee mallow - Ellie Pena/Shutterstock ...

It is all but unimaginable, given the current contentiousness in Springfield, that our elected state officials might be able to agree on anything but to be disagreeable. But there is hope of ...

On a warm, humid August morning I followed Richard Primack, a biology professor and plant ecologist at Boston University, down a steep, brushy trail, then across a flat muddy area adjacent to the ...

With harvest season winding down, it's time for dessert. How about some candy, real candy, from the garden? Marshmallows, anyone? Of course you can't just pluck a squishy marshmallow from a ...

A pink perennial flower native to the Pacific Northwest is no longer considered threatened or endangered after the work of many local agencies focused on recovering and sustaining populations. The ...

Of course you can't just pluck a squishy marshmallow from a marshmallow bush or tree. But marshmallows -- real marshmallows -- were originally made from the candied roots of a plant. And that plant is ...