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 ...

Fall is a season beloved by many. It is often celebrated in our literature, notwithstanding Henry David Thoreau’s claims (in Autumnal Tints) that the season “has not made a deep impression on our own ...

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.

Have you noticed autumn leaves falling a little sooner and faster where you live? Hotter temperatures and little rain across huge swaths of the country are showing up with trees changing leaves ...

The start to meteorological fall began Sept. 1, (yes, meteorologists follow a different seasonal calendar), and while some areas across the U.S. have been enjoying cooler than average temperatures the ...

Millions of people every year make it a goal every fall to witness the beautiful changing of leaves. Timing is key, as see peak season is when trees are at their maximum brightness. It’s a challenging ...

There is something deeply poetic about the fall. However, Delia Owens can explain it much more clearly than I can. “Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their ...

Scientists know why leaves turn yellow in the fall: Chlorophyll breaks down, revealing the yellow pigment that was there all along. But red? Red is a different story altogether. Leaves have to make a ...