The city will be forever haunted by its past, but it is also the gateway to a stunning region, where tradition meet ...

A: Apple trees commonly produce shoots where the trunk emerges from ground level, often termed crown suckers. If allowed to ...

The beautiful Serviceberry tree is a diminutive yet hardy specimen from the eastern US, loved for its flowers and foliage. It's these qualities that earn it its reputation as a tough urban tree.

Adult June bugs are called chafers because they eat leaves and flowers of trees and shrubs — they have gained a reputation for ruining gardens and being a nuisance especially in groups, according to ...

Citrus greening is a disease with no known cure that has infected nearly every citrus grove. It first cropped up 20 years ago. There's still no cure.

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have ...

The Japanese beetle is native to Japan and an invasive species in the U.S. They have metallic green bodies and brown wings. Similar to June bugs, they develop underground and eat plants, granting them ...

Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last ...

Geologists discover that a huge prehistoric tsunami carried amber from coastal forests to deep waters in Japan 115 million ...

EXPLORE JAPAN WITH GH They're loved for their delicate blossoms, which the Japanese celebrate each spring with parties and ...

Brooklyn Botanic Garden has opened a centennial exhibit celebrating its internationally respected bonsai collection.

During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, killing 182 men and ripping away a large forward section of the cruiser.