A species of tick that could spread diseases to people, pets and livestock was recently identified for the first time in ...

Our country’s national parks are full of rare and wild natural splendor, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is no ...

MILWAUKEE — Coast Guard and local law enforcement crews across Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes -- including at U.S. Coast ...

Asian carp have been spotted at the mouth of the Root River in Minnesota, raising concerns about the invasive species' impact ...

An ominous warning about the world's most invasive aquatic plant was given after Michigan plunged manpower, money, and more ...

The season has once again arrived for lavender flowers, soap, body scrubs, baked goods and classes in Livingston County, ...

For about two weeks every spring, my letter carrier, delivery drivers and just about everyone else who walks into my yard ...

Toxic and poisonous plants grow in Michigan, including giant hogweed, poison ivy, poison oak, wild parsnip, poison sumac and poison hemlock. Contact with the plants can cause skin irritation ...

Many of today's Lilac varieties come from French breeder Victor Lemoine, who created 240 varieties from the mid-1800s to the beginning of World War II. “Colors that never existed, doubles that ...

Depending on the variety, lilac blooms can be purple, lavender, blue, blush, pink, white, ivory, creamy yellow, yellow, or bicolor. If you are looking for an exciting color, try syringa vulgaris ...

Monarch butterflies pollinate many of Michigan's plants, according to the DNR, but are threatened and in need of conservation in Michigan and elsewhere.

Langelo recommends waiting until the shrub reaches about 6 to 8 feet tall to prune. Make cuts on an angle: Cut branches at a 45-degree angle to prevent the water from collecting on the open wound ...