Creating a garden or yard focused on native plants will help avoid water waste and other issues. Here's what you need to know to get started.

Fruit. Although kiwi vines generally need a colder winter than Southern California’s in order to flower and fruit, the Fuzzy ...

I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these fascinating plants that seemed to defy the worst of abuse and still kept on growing, ...

The Woolsey and Palisades fires both burned in large swaths of land in the Santa Monica Mountains. What can we learn from the ...

March Madness – Hoops and Pizza: Teens can compete in nontraditional games like HORSE and Knockout, win awesome prizes, and ...

A California biologist discovered a new plant species in 2021 while on a nature walk in a small community on the Central ...

Study by UCSB marine scientists demonstrates the ability of natural dune formations at Santa Monica Beach to withstand more ...

There’s something so inherently hopeful about spring, and the joy that comes from seeing new life take root in nature is ...

This month’s quiz and trivia piece focuses on one of those parks: Pinnacles National Park in California. How many of you have ...

But tribal burns were long prohibited by the California state government ... After about half a year, scientists noticed that ...

Get to know the best native California flowering plants and pollinators for your home garden at the “From Manzanita to ...

A new study from researchers at UC Riverside found that raking away thatch — a tan layer of dead plant debris produced by ...