Scientists have long questioned whether the vibrant colors of fall foliage serve an evolutionary purpose. One theory suggests red pigments protect leaves from sun damage, allowing trees to absorb more ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resource’s most recent update on fall foliage across the state. This week’s projections from the agency point to the effects of recent ...

The red fall colors are intense this year. They seem much brighter than previous years. Red colors are due to leaf pigments called anthocyanins. A main factor that increases the red colors produced by ...

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.

Nothing beats the spectacular show fall foliage puts on in the autumn, and you don’t have to travel states away to experience beautiful color. These 17 trees will turn your landscape into a seasonal ...

Now that autumn has blessed us with its presence, the vibrant colors of fall will be commencing all over our region soon. Mother Nature will whip out her brush and paint breathtaking swathes of gold, ...

Michigan's multi-colored fall foliage is here — and gone, depending where you are. A foliage color forecast map available at Explore Fall predicts the Upper Peninsula has mainly reached peak or past ...

WELL, IT’S BEEN ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY OUTSIDE, AND IT’S PEAK TIME TO SEE THOSE LEAVES CHANGING AS WELL. HI, DAVE, HOW’S IT LOOKING OUT THERE? HEY, YOU KNOW, I’M LOOKING AT MAGGIE VALLEY BECAUSE I WANT ...

What is the purpose of fall foliage color? As humans, most of us look at the world through rose-colored glasses — maybe as gardeners it’s green-colored glasses. And that shading sometimes leads us to ...