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.

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 ...

Scientists are investigating the reasons some plants still wear last season’s tattered clothes.

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Ever wonder what happens to oxygen levels when leaves fall off the trees? Joe lets us know how we are still able to breathe. Find out the answer in this edition of Wham Cam.

The start of autumn has felt a little different this year. The temperatures are warm. Very little rainfall. Lots of green leaves on the trees. It could be awhile before the rain and temperatures ...

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 ...

As the outside world normally is around this time each November, things have changed a lot. Many trees are already devoid of leaves while others are still covered with colorful ones. When the ...

A flowering dogwood’s leaves turning in early October of 2025 at the Pennypack Ecological Trust Preserve in Montgomery County, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate ...

Fall temperatures are finally rolling into central Ohio and the region's trees are shedding their leaves. But as you break out your rake or leafblower only to determine that autumnal pile in your yard ...

Focus on removing branches that are dead, weak, rubbing against others, or growing in the wrong direction to improve plant health. Deciduous trees like Japanese maples can be thinned out to showcase ...