Life without a little spice can be bland, and the same goes for our food. Depending on what's for dinner, we're tossing in a little homemade taco seasoning, a spice blend on a rack of ribs about to go ...

The Indian spice box is full of flavourful elements which have strong aroma and are considered to have medicinal properties too. While the majority spices are not very photogenic, but, there is one ...

For author Emily Ross, it’s both the first book with a new publisher and the first one she’s set in Quincy, where she’s lived with her family for the past 30 years. “But I wasn’t born here. I wasn’t ...

Jillian Kubala, MS, is a registered dietitian based in Westhampton, NY. Jillian uses a unique and personalized approach to help her clients achieve optimal wellness through nutrition and lifestyle ...

A monarch butterfly lands on milkweed at Sun Valley Elementary School in San Rafael on July 29. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Caterpillars eat milkweed leaves. (AP Photo/Herald Times ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The delicate gossamer-winged butterfly gives color and grace to your garden. Besides being beautiful, they’re good pollinators in our gardens and in the wild ...

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex body parts like wings involves many genes, the difference between two ...

Most binoculars struggle at close distances. Point them at something nearby and you'll see double vision or a misaligned view between your left and right eyes. Pentax's Papilio binoculars solves this ...

On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba—the American pawpaw. The deciduous tree bears North America's largest ...

Butterflies are a delight to watch in the garden as they flutter from one flower to another feeding on nectar. They are like airborne flowers as they flash their colorful wings. For the past couple of ...

During this busy butterfly season, we see many butterflies common to our area, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Black Swallowtail, Gulf Fritillary, Common Buckeye, Clouded Sulfur, Cabbage White Butterfly, ...