The road to the Tree of Life in Bahrain feels like a wrong turn, with one long stretch of the Sakhir Desert folding into ...

Open the door to the Tumacacori Mesquite Sawmill gallery in the rural, rolling hills of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, an hour south of Tucson, and a soft aroma wafts out. “I think it smells a little ...

If plants were capable of expressing emotions similar to humans, area mesquite trees might literally turn green with envy and become jealous of another area leguminous tree species. This inhabitant of ...

SAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO — Ranch manager Farron Sultemeier calls the mesquite a blessing and a curse. The San Antonio Express-News reports this most iconic of Texas trees is a blessing because the beans ...

Ranch manager Farron Sultemeier calls the mesquite a blessing and a curse. The San Antonio Express-News reports this most iconic of Texas trees is a blessing because the beans provide late summer feed ...

Q: I have an area about 15 feet by 12 feet that is bordered on two sides by sidewalk on the south side of my house. I have an 8-year-old thornless mesquite tree planted in this area. I am worried ...

Q: A mesquite tree beside my driveway is getting new leaves, but I noticed a couple of dead branches among the greenery. They snapped off easily at a point where they appeared to have been neatly ...

Mesquite is mostly thought of as a shrubby, weedy tree that dots landscapes throughout the drier regions of the state, needing very little water or care to thrive. While some have come to value the ...

SOUTH TOWARD SPRING — Yeah, yeah, I know. You figure I'm late. But I'm on the way. With a designated driver, I'm rolling down U.S. 59 and into South Texas to meet spring, just to be sure it's coming.