MILAN, Ill. — Step outside this time of year and you'll probably step on the thousands of falling leaves. The natural process of trees shedding their leaves in the fall is one Midwesterners can look ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By spring, the leaves on trees grow and assume the color green, and by autumn, they change to sometimes brilliantly warm colors ...

Leaves have been browning and falling prematurely for weeks now due to late summer’s dry weather, but the real fall leaf drop will take hold in a few more weeks. Is the resulting blanketing of the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — It’s still summer in Colorado, but the first signs of fall are coming a little earlier than expected. Fall leaves can be seen slowly starting to change in August, with peak season ...

Here comes the free mulch! And compost, and fertilizer, and insulation — all swirling down from the trees in the form of colorful leaves. “The leaves that fall in autumn are a gift,” said Spencer ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The latest map shows fall colors are just starting to emerge across parts of northern and southern Minnesota. That means it's only a matter of time before the leaves drop. You may think ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cold weather has firmly taken hold of us here in central Ohio, and with it what remains of the leaves in our trees are falling to the ground, blanketing roads, lawns, ...

Put fall leaves to work in your landscape. This valuable resource makes a great mulch in planting beds, adds organic matter and nutrients to the soil, provides habitat for many beneficial insects, and ...

Leaf peeping in Tennessee is coming into its prime. If you're looking to see Tennessee's rich fall colors, now is the time to take a higher-elevation hike, according to East Tennessee State University ...

Every fall season, nature lovers look forward to scenic fall foliage. But do we know the science behind why leaves do this once the temperatures start dropping? Here's how nature creates art during ...