Quince stays hard when ripe, but its floral fragrance gives it away. Learn when quince is in season and try an easy baked ...

Are your dishes coming out cloudy, greasy, or covered in leftover food? Before replacing your dishwasher or spending money on ...

A salmon run can turn an ordinary river into a wildlife spectacle. Fish gather at the mouth, push upstream against the current, and return to freshwater to spawn. The timing depends on the species and ...

Discover why autumn became the season for ghost stories, from Samhain traditions to Washington Irving’s Headless Horseman.

How much Halloween candy do you really need? Use this simple trick-or-treater formula to buy enough without overspending or ...

Have deer suddenly started showing up everywhere? Maybe there’s a buck standing beside the road on your morning commute. A ...

The New Moon arrives Saturday, October 10, giving stargazers darker nights through the weekend. There’s also a chance of elevated aurora activity late ...

You probably don’t consider yourself superstitious. But have you ever knocked on wood after saying something hopeful? Avoided walking under a ladder? Felt just a little uneasy when a black cat crossed ...

Frogs are one of the oldest and most adaptable groups of vertebrates on Earth. They survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, freeze solid through New England winters and thaw alive, see ...

If you’ve ever seen a cranberry harvest, you might assume the berries spend their whole lives floating in water. They don’t.

This Sunday, October 11, entrance fees will be waived at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands that normally charge them. The fee-free day falls during National Wildlife Refuge Week, October 10–17, and ...