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Bradford pear trees — an invasive species that chokes out native plants — are blooming all across Kansas and Missouri right now, so it’s the perfect time for biologists to track them down and kill them. Plus, why a Missouri prison is training incarcerated men in computer programming.
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Nearly 1,000 people who chop down a Bradford or other Callery pear in their yards this spring will get to pick a free native tree.
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In the Midwest, Wisconsin and Michigan are the biggest producers of maple syrup, but there is a lot of untapped potential for maple syrup in the lower Midwest.
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An invasive sapsucking insect is endangering one of America’s most beloved Christmas trees. To help conserve it, the Missouri Botanical Garden is collecting data on how best to grow it.
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School libraries in Kansas City are facing increasing complaints about books on race and LGBTQ issues. Many of those challenges are connected to a rise in conservative activism from parents. Plus, if you're in the market for a live Christmas tree this year, you better make plans soon.
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Fulk Farms has been owned by the same family since 1889, and has sold Christmas trees since the early 1990s. In the last two years, this farm and others in the region have faced new holiday challenges.
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Artist Nano Nore hikes the trails in Liberty, Missouri, to capture the colors and shapes of a changing season. She's drawn to the subtle beauty of the late-fall landscape.
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The U.S. imports a lot of chestnuts, and there is an opportunity for more of them to be homegrown. (This encore story originally was published Oct. 15, 2021.)
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Researchers at the Missouri Botanical Garden have been waiting almost three years for the Karomia gigas tree, a species that's dangerously near extinction, to flower and bloom.
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WICHITA, Kansas — Trees improve air quality. They keep people and homes cool with shade. They block the breezes that rake across the Kansas plains. New...
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Rhododendron plants sold at more than 60 stores in Kansas are infected with a disease that kills oak trees, so the Kansas Department of Agriculture is…
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Segment 1: Why are young people getting involved in climate activism?Cities nationwide saw young people turn out for a march against climate change on…