Different tree species have their own genetic clocks and respond differently to changes in daylight, temperature and water availability. Below are the types of trees that are among the first to change ...

Gold in a branch on the sunny side of a tree. Scarlet in a shrub. The first flashes of color mean that fall is coming soon. Leaf color is a sign that trees are preparing for winter by entering the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The fall season is quickly wrapping up and, as the winter chill inches closer, the life cycle of fall colors will end, leaving trees with only their branches left to stand. Throughout ...

As we approach mid-September in Michigan, fall colors are just starting to appear in the Upper Peninsula, and in the coming weeks, the annual show will spread southward. Foliage in the western U.P. is ...