MILAN, Ill. — Step outside this time of year and you'll probably step on the thousands of falling leaves. The natural process of trees shedding their leaves in the fall is one Midwesterners can look ...

Every fall season, nature lovers look forward to scenic fall foliage. But do we know the science behind why leaves do this once the temperatures start dropping? Here's how nature creates art during ...

This is the time of year when Nicole Hughes gets constantly distracted by the fall foliage as she drives around North Carolina. "I'm always looking," says Hughes, a biologist at High Point University.

Just last week it was 90-some-odd degrees across much of the region, and yet, as the calendar just barely turned from August, some "autumn" leaves have begun to fall?!?!? Take a drive around the city ...

The glorious show of autumn color is transitioning to the familiar browns and barren trees that will continue through winter. Two Purdue experts recently offered advice on what to do with fallen ...

The reprieve from a sweaty summer is oh, so sweet – fall foliage, cozy sweaters and pumpkin everything. The first day of fall was Sept. 22 this year, and some are already taking out those Halloween ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The fall season is quickly wrapping up and, as the winter chill inches closer, the life cycle of fall colors will end, leaving trees with only their branches left to stand. Throughout ...

Fall is a season beloved by many. It is often celebrated in our literature, notwithstanding Henry David Thoreau’s claims (in Autumnal Tints) that the season “has not made a deep impression on our own ...

Ever notice how autumn looks different from above? From the sky, fall isn’t a season. It’s a transformation. Let’s drop in. A ...

Behind every autumn leaf lies a chemical shift-chlorophyll fading, carotenoids glowing, anthocyanins rising-that turns survival into spectacle. Every autumn, landscapes across much of the world ...