If you're into holiday decorating and you find yourself wheezing and sneezing a lot during this time of year, it's likely that the culprit is standing in your house right now. It could be real or it ...

A pair of yellow-bellied slider turtles swim beneath a film of pollen on the water’s surface along a boardwalk on the Crabtree Creek Trail in Raleigh on Monday, March 23, 2026. Pollen from trees ...

In spring, trees leaf out and bloom, bringing fresh greenery across the landscape. For many residents, it also signals the start of allergy season across the Bay Area.

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North Carolina is in the thick of tree pollen season, but the yellow pine pollen has officially begun tapering off. Pine isn’t the only culprit — smaller hardwood tree pollens may actually be worse ...

Imagine trying to tell identical twins apart just by looking at their fingerprints. That's how challenging it can be for scientists to distinguish the tiny powdery pollen grains produced by fir, ...