A: As dry as you can get it so that burning it won’t gum up your chimney with flammable creosote. How to tell? One indicator ...

As winter envelops Michigan with snow and frigid temperatures, white-tailed deer utilize a complex array of survival strategies to endure the season's harsh conditions. During winter, food becomes ...

Chemist Pavel Krasutsky calls birch bark nature's "white gold." Betulin, a powdery substance in the outer bark of the birch tree, has been shown to help wounds heal faster and cut inflammation. Many ...

Insect Mimicry, lithograph, published in 1897 Mimicry of insects: 1-12 Imitation of green and withered leaves, twigs, and bark; 13-19) Imitation of inedible beetles and butterflies; 20-27) Imitation ...

Trees are nearly always selected for ... perfectly symmetrical pyramidal shape with reddish bronze bark. The deciduous red or river birch (Betula occidentalis) has smooth coppery bark highlighted ...

And, of course, there are plenty of European white birch (Betula papyrifera) planted in Southern California, although their lifespan in our dry environment, which is antithetical to their habitat, is ...