It’s a myth that red is the only color that truly captures a hummingbird’s attention. While they are certainly drawn to fiery ...

Two of the region’s top wildflower experts took a jaunt through Orange County’s Laguna Coast Wilderness Park recently as the rising sun struggled to burn off morning clouds. Co-authors Bob Allen and ...

Native plants are often known for grand springtime displays followed by dismal summer and fall foliage. But that isn’t true ...

Forget April showers. May flowers are already here. The hills of Limestone Canyon and Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park are emerald green, like Ireland. Vultures swirl in the breeze over the canyon. Bees ...

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In 2000, scientists working in the foothills of the Andes mountains in Ecuador tried and failed to locate a small, bright orange wildflower that had been found 15 years earlier. They named it G.

The hillsides around the Muth Interpretive Center in the Newport Bay Conservancy are awash in yellow: Bush sunflowers, fiddle necks and black mustard. Silvia Smith and her son Greg were birdwatching ...

Reporting from LAKE ELSINORE — In the hills of Lake Elsinore, children carried drooping apricot-colored poppies while panting dogs ran alongside them, their paws tainted orange. Girls braided flowers ...