For those not looking forward to Valentine's Day, the Shedd Aquarium has a solution that involves a forest preserve, an ...

Gordie Bailey had a burning-hot hatred of buckthorn. Bailey, the former president and chairman of the board of Bailey ...

Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) is also known as European buckthorn, Hart’s thorn, waythorn and Rhineberry and is one of three invasive species of buckthorn that can be found in Illinois. A ...

Goats are increasingly being used in efforts to manage invasive common buckthorn in Midwestern woodlands. New research demonstrates when and how they are best used.

A hardy, thorny evergreen shrub that grows tiny orange berries in the fall, sea buckthorn has been used for centuries across Europe and Asia for its nutritious and medicinal benefits. Now grown and ...

Eric Becker (left) and Timothy Jones pull out invasive buckthorn plants by the roots at Dow Gardens Monday afternoon. If allowed to grow freely, the plant will take over an entire area. The exotic ...

You might have noticed a dense hedge, large shrub or small tree in your yard. Does it have glossy, broad green leaves that open early in spring? It might be buckthorn, one of the most troublesome ...

A Lake Zurich-based volunteer group launched a buckthorn bounty program to give local homeowners incentives to eliminate the invasive buckthorn tree. Despite the efforts of municipalities and ...

If you want a new nutritional supplement to ponder, you usually have to wait about a month. On an ongoing basis, we are bombarded by the latest, the greatest, and the most fabulous supplement of all ...

Recently, it has come to my attention that I may never look as good as I do right now, at 30. My physical peak may have already happened and chances are I'm going to be fighting a losing battle to ...

David joined the WCCO team in April 2020, previously working at CBS 58 in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he worked in Las Vegas. While there, David covered several stories in the national spotlight, ...

In a new study published in Restoration Ecology, a University of Minnesota research team examined the effectiveness of goat browsing (targeted grazing using goats) as part of a broader restoration ...