I often spot black willow trees as I’m kayaking along a riverbank or lakeshore. While perhaps less picturesque than its (non-native) cousin the weeping willow, black willow is native to ...

I often spot black willow trees as I’m kayaking along a riverbank or lakeshore. While perhaps less picturesque than its ...

For thousands of years, people on this island have been weaving willow branches together to make baskets in all shapes and sizes and for a myriad ...

Willow trees are in the Salix genus, along with pussy willow and more than 20 other species of woody plants native to our region. Black willow (Salix nigra) grows throughout the eastern United States, ...

I’ve written about migration activity in the Prescott area. Large numbers of wild birds have been moving through, including ...

A Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive species, has been found in Wayne, Oakland and Monroe County, according to the Michigan ...

The blending colors of the leaves and the textured bark, and the dreamy atmosphere of the painting brought me back to my countryside house in Normandy where a weeping willow stood tall. Under this ...

The goats will allow for the expansion next spring of the high school’s pollinator garden. Kelly said the club plans to ...

Michigan is reminding waterfowl hunters to really clean out their boats and gear this season after each trip. The reason: Two ...

Alice and Gavin Munro are at the edge of an emerging art form that highlights a way that art, nature, and furniture can ...

Austin Jordan and Ruth Albee have been as busy as the bees they raise since moving to the country. After buying a five-acre ...

Columnist Joyce Bupp considers a hornet's nest an engineering marvel, but that's as far as her appreciation goes. Find out ...