While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Friday dawned wet and muddy, but that didn’t stop city of Westminster employees and a group of employees from Schneider ...

Apple pie is my favorite dessert because it’s cozy and always feels like home, but as I’ve learned over the years, not all apples are created equal when it comes to choosing a variety to bake into a ...

THE YAKIMA RIVER BASIN – Heavy fall rains might have returned to Western Washington, but east of the Cascade crest, people still look to the skies, waiting for much-needed water. They’ve been watching ...

The Honeycrisp apple variety is popular around the world but poses problems for producers. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Kait Thornton, a fourth-generation apple farmer in Washington state. Move ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

Move over, Red Delicious. Gala, Honeycrisp and Fuji apples have become some of the most popular varieties in the U.S. Honeycrisp in particular have achieved apple stardom in produce aisles across the ...