
People often say baby rattlesnake bites are more dangerous than adult rattlesnake bites. Is the conventional wisdom correct?

Can a plant live without photosynthesizing?

What flowers might botanists see in the North Bay this spring?

Corvids move noisily into new areas. Are they arriving, or returning?

A reader wonders: should I pull out creeping ivy, or has it created its own ecosystem with plants and animals that rely on it?

A reader finds a small brown moth, the type you regularly see under porchlights. Where do you begin to identify it?