Officially, Ohio’s state tree may not exist. In 1953, the 100th General Assembly decreed that “the tree, Aesculus globra, ...

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Many folks in southern coastal areas know about strand feeding, the remarkable fish-catching behavior demonstrated by ...

Trees looking a bit brown in places? It's probably the 17-year cicadas laying eggs. What you need to know about flagging, and protecting your plants.

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Cicadas have been around for weeks in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. So, their time is nearly up, right? Here's when they will peak, and go away.

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That would turn the hunger neurons on. As an animal eats, its fat stores are replenished, leptin levels go up, and the neurons, it was assumed, would quiet down.