Welcome!! This is the first episode of Nature Quest, a monthly Short Wave segment that answers listener questions about your ...

My favorite way of enjoying nature is to watch small changes unfold over the seasons, to visit the same tree for example, ...

Once a private cattle ranch, this underrated state park is Northern California's largest, and it's best in spring for a beautiful reason.

I always like to buy an Easter lily or two to enjoy this time of year. I love the symbolism of the Easter lily, along with ...

Easter lilies are native to Japan, and now produced mostly on the West Coast. But did you know they once were grown in ...

Wildflowers, such as the California poppy, are gorgeous spring bouquets. They're in bloom ... This flower is such an early bloomer, it is recognizable by other seasonal names: winter rose ...

Today, as climate change accelerates, people are experiencing increasingly dangerous summer heat waves and extreme weather. Surveys show climate concern has increased in U.S. counties that have ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

April is in full swing, which means it's time for spring showers, blooming flowers and beautiful melodies coming from your ...

You may have noticed some flowers beginning to bud and bloom this month. Usually, in the month of April in Central New York ...