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The French novelist Émile Zola (1840-1902) was the foremost proponent of the doctrine of naturalism in literature. He illustrated this doctrine chiefly in a series of 20 novels published between 1871 and 1893 under the general title "Les Rougon-Ma...

Emile Zola is one of the most important nineteenth-century French novelists, along with Stendhal, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, and Gustave Flaubert. Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-1893; translated as The Rougon-Macquarts, 1896-1900), the series of tw...

A word to the wise men: The world may have plenty of gold and myrrh, but it could run short of frankincense.Trees in the Horn of Africa provide most of the world's supply of the prized incense that was carried to the infant Jesus by...

The wind-driven infernos that are scarring vast swaths of Southern California's landscape may leave more than just a temporary path of destruction when they are finally extinguished.The wildfires could leave a legacy of environmental devastation that will be evident for years to come, scientists say,...

A year after drought conditions left a dismal display of Texas wildflowers, the colorful roadside attractions are making a comeback.Bluebonnets have blossomed across Central Texas and in parts of North and East Texas that got winter rain, the critical time when the germinating flowers needed...

Cotton producer Weldon Melton has planted most of his fields, but the seedlings could be in trouble if cooler-than-normal temperatures continue.Melton, like a lot of farmers in the nation's leading cotton-producing state, has gone from dealing with brutal droughts in recent years to suddenly hoping...