U-46 sixth-graders are competing to predict spring’s start as dictated by the sun rising in the middle of Elgin’s Chicago Street.

On March 20, the Spring Equinox arrives at the same moment the sun enters Aries, marking the start of a brand-new ...

Seven spring equinox rituals for moms who want to pause, plant something, and step into spring on purpose. Some ancient. All ...

Plants, like people, have a circadian clock and they sense seasonal changes to light and temperature. Plants that bloom in the spring use the longer days and warmer temperatures as seasonal cues that ...

Have you heard the birds singing? Signs of spring! You can hear them in music, too. Listen for signs of warmer days ahead in ...

Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico and the early-season racing completed, we evaluate where all the favourites for yellow are standing ...

A classically trained pianist and cellist with a master’s in French literature, she has headed the nonprofit museum in ...

I’ll spend weeks looking for the first snowdrop and then, when I finally find one, I’ll get down on my hands and knees in the mud to see it more closely. I patrol crocuses for queen bumblebees, which ...

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes picked up in February from the previous month as home shoppers took advantage of easing mortgage rates and a modest increase in properties on the market heading ...

Concern is rising that the first major storm outbreak on the verge of spring could strike the nation’s heartland, putting millions of Americans from Texas to Iowa at risk of potentially strong ...