Matt Mattia used both hands to flip through the branch at his eye level, studying each side of every leaf as sunlight filtered from above.

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The plant is indeed the Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete). Its fruit are inedible. When dried, the mature fruit’s hard shells can be made into musical instruments and other receptacles. The tree is ...

A Flood Watch continues on this ABC13 Weather Alert Day until 7 p.m. Some locations closer to Matagorda Bay even picked up over a foot of rain since midnight.

Galls on oak leaves are harmless growths caused by specific insects. They have different shapes depending on the insect species causing the gall.

Recent East Texas rains have created a challenge for East Texas growers and a concern over what too much water will do.

Early summer is the time to harvest from the garden, and to watch carefully for pests and disease. We have been harvesting ...

Rio Baran's senior thesis research sought to explore what few scientists have attempted. “Rio is an exceptional undergraduate student,” said her adviser, geosciences professor John Higgins.

A shiny beetle clung to a lush green leaf in a garden in Thailand. Footage shows the navy blue Milkweed beetle gleaming as its metallic exoskeleton reflected sunlight in Bangkok on October 6. Local ...

Genetically altering crops may be key to helping them adapt to extreme temperatures. But shrinking funds and social acceptance stand in the way.

Laboratory and field experiments have repeatedly demonstrated that modifications to the process of photosynthesis or to the physical characteristics of plants can make crops more resilient to hotter ...

These two plants might look similar, but one will cause only mild irritation while the other can kill both animals and humans ...