White oaks (Quercus alba) are durable, large canopied, long-lived trees that grow slowly and are common in southern Wisconsin ...

Death cap mushrooms were at the center of an Australian murder trial. What are death cap mushrooms, and why are they so ...

An Australian woman murdered her husband's parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms, a ...

What can you learn from a tree's leaves? Discover how leaf shapes, edges, patterns, and more can help you identify a tree in the forest.

The triple-murder trial of Australian Erin Patterson revolves around an innocuous-looking mushroom with a "slightly sweet" ...

Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. (1862–1932) used a wide variety of printing processes, printing out some negatives in more than one medium. In his lectures, he pointed out that this approach to photography was ...

Help us protect Southern California’s oak trees one hike at a time. The goldspotted oak borer (GSOB) is a tiny beetle causing a big problem for Southern California’s oak trees. Its larvae tunnel ...

Wool sower galls are found primarily on white oak trees (Quercus alba) but may also be found on chestnut (Q. montana), swamp chestnut (Q. michauxii), and swamp white oaks (Q. bicolor).

Seven large burial urns from unknown culture found beneath uprooted tree in Fonte Boa, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, shedding light on indigenous traditions.