Towards the end of autumn the days get colder and shorter. This triggers the reduction of the plant hormone auxin in most deciduous trees, which start to shed their leaves. In natural woodlands, this ...

Due to increasing heat and drought, forests are turning brown more often before autumn, when leaf senescence normally occurs.

There’s something about October light falling through a canopy of burning red and gold that makes you want to sit still and ...

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” –Albert Camus Autumn is a magical season, when a leafy landscape that has been green for months is suddenly splashed with yellow, orange, and ...

Fall's fleeting foliage season keeps people coming back to see more Head to New Hampshire, Vermont or Maine for the most famous fall foliage sites Don't forget the mountain ranges of the Western ...

Evolution provides the answer – or, rather, a whole lot of intriguing answers The stunning display of autumn is almost over – a few tattered yellow and russet leaves still cling to almost bare ...

Every year people ask me, “why haven’t the leaves fallen yet?” If autumn starts on September 1 then by early November winter should be well on its way. And yet, an amateur photographer who has ...

Those stunning leaves in striking shades of orange, red, yellow, and brown are damaging your vehicle’s paint. Like the discolored stains autumn’s fallen leaves imprint on concrete sidewalks and patios ...

The calendar flipping over to October is a reminder the annual Autumn leaf color display is on its way. The perennial question is “how will the color be this year?” Predicting the quality of the fall ...

As the autumn leaves turn handsomely, I’ve been wondering, why do trees bother? It’s a question scientists have been asking for the past few years, and for the first time, they’ve carried out an ...