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.

Leaves often turn brilliant colors in autumn. One of those colors has generated a lot of heated debate among scientists in recent years. Autumn is a big time for trees. Many shed their leaves, and of ...

Have you ever wondered why the season autumn is often called fall? Wonder no more. Read the title to this column and you’ll learn what you may have already surmised. “Fall of the leaves” is the phrase ...

With the official start of fall only a few days away, you may notice leaves starting to turn rich shades of red, orange and yellow. Although Washington state is known for its “green forests of firs ...