The environment limits plant growth and the distribution of plants. If any single environmental factor is less than ideal, it becomes a limiting factor in plant growth. Limiting factors are also ...

Not sure what your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone is? Learn what plant hardiness really means, how zones are calculated, and how to quickly find yours—so you can choose plants that survive winter and ...

Minor earthquakes happen in and around New York more often than many people realize. This map shows where they've struck over ...

A New York state judge ruled that New York City’s only Republican-held congressional district was drawn unconstitutionally, ordering a new map. Judge Jeffrey Pearlman concluded that the Staten ...

A New York judge ruled Wednesday that Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’s (R-N.Y.) congressional district was unconstitutionally configured and ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to create ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A state judge on Wednesday ordered that New York must redraw its congressional map by early February and cease using its current ...

A major winter storm is moving across the U.S., causing power outages from Texas to Maine. The storm is bringing snow, ice, and freezing rain to the South, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. New England ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands are without power as a major winter storm continues to barrel across the country, bringing snow, ice and frigid ...

The York Avenue Sewer Replacement project was only supposed to take two or three years. That is, until crews opened the street and found a spaghetti-like jumble of pipes and utilities underground.

ALBANY, New York -- A judge on Wednesday threw out the boundaries of the only congressional district in New York City represented by a Republican, ordering the state to redraw its borders because its ...

Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Fifteen years after a nuclear plant disaster, Japan is ...