Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is a nuisance plant that grows throughout the continental United States. It grows in almost any type of soil, in both the shade and the sun. While it is most commonly found as a trailing vine, it can also form an...

With nearly 200 species of hardwood trees, Arkansas has one of the longest fall foliage seasons in the United States, and the reds, oranges and yellows of autumn are just a few weeks away. The Arkansas Department of Parks and...

A 5-year-old girl who was feared drowned with her grandfather on a boating trip startled searchers Friday when she emerged from the woods _ naked, scratched and holding raspberries.Crews had pulled her grandfather's body from the Kankakee River in eastern Illinois just hours earlier."People were...

A 5-year-old girl who was feared drowned with her grandfather on a boating trip startled searchers Friday when she emerged from the woods _ naked, scratched and holding raspberries.Crews had pulled her grandfather's body from the Kankakee River in eastern Illinois just hours earlier."People were...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:July 2The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, on poison ivy and global warming:Got an itch to do something about global warming? You may soon.Recent studies suggest that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are promoting...