Dear California transplants and any other newcomers to Oklahoma from west of the foothills of the Rockies: Those big white fluffs floating everywhere? Pollen. Wait’ll you see the bees. We kid!

Cotton-like puffs carry cottonwood seeds back to earth near Scudder Pond in Bellingham. The cottonwoods and other trees of the willow family release their seeds in a show that can resemble springtime ...

Dear Master Gardener: I have lots of cottonwood fluff in my yard and caught the neighborhood children lighting some of it on fire on their driveway. This looks quite dangerous. Is cottonwood fluff ...

There is an abundance of green flakes coating the sidewalks and cars right now, and it seems hard to avoid the white cottony tufts in the air lately. There's green film on the waters along the shores ...

Cottonwood trees are dropping their seeds all over southeast Michigan, collecting on sidewalks, playgrounds, and, unfortunately, air conditioning units. The little white puffs that send seeds drifting ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dr. Jalene LaMontagne, a biology researcher ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. As soon as Dino Martinez saw the unobstructed views of the mountains and open space from the backyard, he said ...

Fifteen Nisswa firefighters — along with eight from Pequot Lakes, 11 from Mission Township and about eight from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources — were called at 6:58 p.m. to a wildfire ...

This week's column includes questions and answers from years past. The responses are from Curtis Smith, who used to write the Yard and Garden column. Answer (by Curtis Smith): Male cottonwood trees ...