Information about the Pacific Northwest’s wide array of wildflowers is just a swipe away with a new mobile app designed in part by botanists at Oregon State University. Available for download on both ...

I strongly suspect you have used a hammer and a screwdriver, a refrigerator and a dishwasher, a microwave oven and a furnace thermostat. With equal confidence I suspect you have never made a hammer or ...

Mexican gold poppies: You'll find these brilliant, orange cup-shaped flowers growing from a plant with fern-like leaves from around March through May. These poppies are a subspecies of the California ...

If you're lucky enough to be in California, either as a resident or a visitor, you'll note the hills already starting to green up. Yes, wildflower season will soon be upon us. And, as if they planned ...

Lupines can be found at Skyline Ridge. Kristin Perry/Courtesy Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. Each year from February through May, throngs of people head outdoors hoping to witness nature’s ...

Here's something I think is nerdy but cool: being able to identify wildflowers when you walk on a trail. I think it's even neat to take out a handbook and look at them. But today an expert is leading ...

Summer brings wildflower season to many mountain towns across the West and meadows burst with color, but these flowers have more than just their looks. They may also have a role to play in preventing ...