Throughout the Tehachapi area, recent days with temperatures in the 60s in this warm winter have brought about the first wave ...

Imagine strolling through Kashmir's orchards in late February, where almond blossoms usually wait patiently for March's gentle nudge. But this year, t.

Stanislaus County’s finest floral display, the almond bloom, has brightened the winter landscape once again. The flowers last from mid-February to mid-March on about 210,000 acres of orchards. Each ...

The nectar of the almond tree produces an extraordinary and dangerous poison. This is the only known plant to have this poison in its flowers' nectar. A study carried out at the University of Haifa ...