Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com.

(WJW) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants a rare wildflower removed from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Plants thanks to its recovery. According to the FWS, Virginia sneezeweed ...

Kousa Dogwood or Chinese dogwood. Cornus kousa has been in the garden trade for a long time. The small deciduous tree blooms after the foliage comes on, as opposed to our native dogwood which blooms ...

Local beekeepers have been busy harvesting honey ahead of the blooms of a common, pretty yellow flower plentiful in roadside pastures and other open, barren areas this time of year. The flower, ...

If you’ve ever wandered through the tracks and paths of Kawau Island, you may have come across a small, unassuming herb with delicate daisy-like flowers; it’s called sneezeweed (Centipeda minima subsp ...

COLLEGE STATION – One plant currently flowering across different parts of the state is poisonous and should be of concern to ranchers, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Small ...