Andrew Richardson, an ecologist at Northern Arizona University, maintains a camera at Hart Prairie, about 8,000 feet above sea level on the west side of the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff. While ...

Mid-October has arrived, and although foliage in some parts of the U.S. are just beginning to display the vibrant colors of fall, foliage in other parts of the country hasn’t been as colorful as ...

As Central Indiana recovers from drought conditions, one noticeable impact has been the delay and muting of the vibrant fall colors we usually see this time of year. While last weekend’s rain offered ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than ...

There are two main factors that heavily influence the timing, length, and vibrancy of the peak fall foliage season each year, one of them being moisture. Rain is a large factor when it comes to the ...