Every fall season, nature lovers look forward to scenic fall foliage. But do we know the science behind why leaves do this once the temperatures start dropping? Here's how nature creates art during ...

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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ready for some leaf peeping? Southern states might not put on the truly stunning displays of fall colors that other areas get, but ...

Residents of the Kitchener-Waterloo area can still enjoy a few last glimpses of the autumn leaves even in spite of colder temperatures. Unlike the rest of the province, where most foliage has browned ...

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 ...

Autumn. Changing of the leaves. “Cuffing Season.” The Season of The Witch. The time of year when you rewatch Gilmore Girls—these are all ways we would describe the time of year most of us know as fall ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By spring, the leaves on trees grow and assume the color green, and by autumn, they change to sometimes brilliantly warm colors ...