It's only July, and some Cape Cod leaves are turning brown. No, your tree isn't dying. Here's what's really going on.

Fig souring (or sour rot) renders fruit inedible. It’s caused by yeast and bacteria, usually spread by insects. You’ll know it by the fermented smell, clear ooze from the fig’s eye and eventually, ...

TUCSON, Ariz. • Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the ...

Have you been noticing that many deciduous trees throughout the area are covered in browned, dying leaves and branches? The ...

White capote has the potential to reach 50 feet in height and tolerate wetter soil than most fruit trees and will yield a ...

News 13 can confirm that it is the cicadas causing those brown leaves on some western North Carolina trees. Many residents ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

Long known only as the site of Napoleon’s exile, Saint Helena is in fact a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, dramatic ...

The trees will become lusher. The cicadas are also a great food source for birds and other wildlife. Then, as the cicadas die, they will fertilize your soil as they decompose.

For Nguyen Phan Tu Dung’s family, the 150-year-old lychee tree is the “root of memories.” Spanning five generations of his family, the tree still stands tall, shading the yard and serving as a ...

Midges and mayflies may be fading, but now it’s the cicadas’ turn. Brood XIV is emerging across parts of Ohio for the first time in 17 years — and they’re bringing the buzz. Here’s what ...