Use one of nature's most abundant materials to entertain children and make art. Leaves are everywhere this time of year. Rather than view them as a nuisance that needs to be cleaned up, consider them ...

Every autumn, Toronto’s yard waste collection program picks up tens of thousands of tons of fallen leaves, twigs and yard trimmings from the yards of Torontonians. But with climate change bringing ...

Leaves changing colors is one of the most iconic parts of autumn in the United States, and there's still time to catch stunning fall foliage before trees become totally bare leading into winter. But ...

If you have a yard full of fallen leaves every autumn, you’re not alone. Instead of bagging them up for trash day, you can put those leaves to work in your garden. Fallen leaves are more than just a ...

This is the time of year when Nicole Hughes gets constantly distracted by the fall foliage as she drives around North Carolina. "I'm always looking," says Hughes, a biologist at High Point University.

Autumn is a big time for trees. Many shed their leaves, and of course, before the leaves fall, they can turn brilliant colors. One of those colors has generated a lot of heated debate among scientists ...

Although the chemistry of autumn colours is well understood, there is an ongoing and lively debate among scientists about why trees evolved their vivid autumn colours in the first place. Driving north ...

The tree canopy was full and vibrant when Lori Morey looked out her office window at Lowe-Volk Nature Center the last week of October. "The leaves have really held on way longer than I think anybody ...

A campaign by the National Wildlife Federation and the Xerces Society, asserts that leaves are not trash, debris, or yard waste. Autumn in New England is a cherished time marked by well-honored ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

As we head into winter, our garden bounty diminishes – which, along with plunging temperatures, can make life harder for the wildlife in our back gardens. What we do get an abundance of, however, are ...