Every October, the same ritual plays out on driveways and curbs across the country: rakes, blowers, and rows of paper bags ...

It’s one thing to drive along a quiet street and gaze at the explosion of rich colors that autumn leaves grace much of the nation as the trees begin their transition toward winter. It’s another thing ...

As the autumn leaves turn handsomely, I’ve been wondering, why do trees bother? It’s a question scientists have been asking for the past few years, and for the first time, they’ve carried out an ...

Towards the end of autumn the days get colder and shorter. This triggers the reduction of the plant hormone auxin in most deciduous trees, which start to shed their leaves. In natural woodlands, this ...

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” –Albert Camus Autumn is a magical season, when a leafy landscape that has been green for months is suddenly splashed with yellow, orange, and ...

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Due to increasing heat and drought, forests are turning brown more often before autumn, when leaf senescence normally occurs.

Fall's fleeting foliage season keeps people coming back to see more Head to New Hampshire, Vermont or Maine for the most famous fall foliage sites Don't forget the mountain ranges of the Western ...

Every year people ask me, “why haven’t the leaves fallen yet?” If autumn starts on September 1 then by early November winter should be well on its way. And yet, an amateur photographer who has ...