Just a few cuts can maintain their natural beauty.

A living fence is a wonderful, natural way to mark the perimeter around your property. As well as looking lovely, the best plants for a living fence absorb CO2, cool the atmosphere and provide a home ...

Pine pollen behind a piece of window screen, photographed through a microscope, shows how small some pollens are, and how easily they can pass through barriers. Credit: Tom Ogren A few weeks ago, The ...

MOST genera with nodulated roots are legumes, and the nodules form after infection by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Thirteen other genera of dicotyledons may also develop root nodules, which form only ...

Cultured pearls come in different sizes, shapes, and colors. Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and modern cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colors. The most ...