If your home is in need of unique houseplants, this rare vine will bring beauty to your indoor space. But be sure to keep it ...

Snake gourd, or Trichosanthes cucumerina, is an unusual and somewhat exotic vegetable that has been quietly earning its place ...

A condo that just hit the market in Lexington, is gaining a lot of attention online, not only for it's unique features, but ...

A resident in an apartment block woke with his eyes and throat burning to find that his clothes has caught on fire.

Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titus arum's pungent odor. The ...

In this article, you'll discover the botanical name of onion and learn why botanists use such precise terminology.

A wall of green can be a barrier between your space and the outside world, can define a space in your landscape.

In ecosystems worldwide, fire has played a multifaceted role, traditionally viewed in a negative light yet critical to ...

Purchase a terrarium or repurpose something hiding on a shelf in the basement, garage or shed. Even a cool glass container, cloche or bell jar turned open-side-down and placed on a shallow planting ...

Capturing carbon dioxide from the hot industrial exhaust of cement and steel plants requires cooling the exhaust from around ...

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in ...

Digging through WLKY archives, we found neighbors complaining of odors in the 1980s. In 1996, a tank ruptured, spilling 20,000 gallons of ammonium bisulfite, and there was a deadly explosion in 2003, ...