As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across ...

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 2-year-old girl, who was allegedly taken by someone who is known by the family.

The National Park Service has officially called it: Peak bloom for the iconic Yoshino cherry trees was Sunday, March 23. That means 70% of blossoms are open, and the Tidal Basin is about to turn into ...

However, Rainier fruit are highly susceptible to bruising (on and off the tree), scuffing (on the tree) and pre-harvest rain cracking (Brown et al., 1989). Montmorency is the most common sour cherry ...

Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the blossoms of the Yoshino cherry trees, the most common type along the Tidal Basin, are open.

Cherry blossom season has arrived in Washington, D.C., where pink and white flowers can be seen on thousands of trees as peak ...

The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” ...

Washington's National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway. Michigan hosts the National Cherry Festival in June.

The Tidal Basin, the entry point to Washington, D.C. and home to the Jefferson Memorial, is at its most colorful and vibrant this weekend. The city’s historic cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Lisa ...

Cherry blossoms, the pinkest landmark in the nation’s capital, are one of the country’s key markers that spring is coming. As ...