Discover important gardening tasks and key crops and shrubs to add to your garden this April in Oregon, Washington, Northern ...

Ephemerals are unusual plants that love early spring weather: cool and a bit wet. They bring color and otherworldly flowers to shadier corners. They tend to hug the ground plane, avoiding the cold, ...

Mounting scientific evidence indicates that native plants provide a far more complete set of vital services to our ecosystems ...

The meadow is stewarded by the Vashon Nature Center, whose restoration efforts are mirrored by groups such as the ...

For the first time in decades, tribes in the Pacific Northwest will be able to forage for wild huckleberries in a national ...

Yamhill County Master Gardeners and OSU Spring into Gardening: 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Sign up for gardening classes on flowers, ...

Washington state needs lithium to meet the demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy. But mines add to a legacy of pollution.

The Academy of Natural Sciences has safeguarded 222 pressed plants since the 19th century, with plans to display specimens in ...

Rhododendrons, our state flower, are shade-loving plants that bloom in the spring beneath the native fir and cedar ... But the iconic sword ferns of the Northwest thrive in the dry shade under ...

Native Hawaiians have tended a relationship with the critically endangered native Hawaiian plant—Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa (Kanaloa kahoolawensis)— for over a thousand years. Now the rest of the ...

A common blood test may miss ovarian cancer in some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatment, a new study finds. It’s the latest example of medical tests that contribute to ...

Fortunately, no matter where you live, you can provide berry-producing native plants that support them in these tough times and throughout the year. “When most people think about foods for birds, they ...