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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, ...

How many different types of pollen are out there? There are a myriad of pollen types out there but only a fraction present a problem. Trees with showy flowers, like those that bear fruit, are ...

Most gardeners reach for flowers first when they want to help bees and butterflies. That’s not a bad instinct, but trees tend ...

Attention Long Island seasonal allergy sufferers: If your eyes are feeling itchy this week, your nose is running and you're coughing and sneezing more, you're not alone. As New York enters the peak of ...

A 2021 study concluded pollen season in North America is 20 days longer over a 30-year period from 1990 to 2018.

It’s that time of year again when bright yellow-green clouds float through the air, turning the shallow waters of Lake Tahoe ...

VERSION OF THAT BILL. WELL, WE’VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS. PROBABLY BEEN FEELING IT AS WELL. WE ARE IN THE THICK OF ALLERGY SEASON, AND FOR MANY OF US, TREE POLLEN HAS BEEN TAKING ITS TOLL ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring is a beautiful time in Alabama, but not everyone enjoys it. If your eyes are watering and you can’t stop sneezing, you’re ...

If you think you’ve been seeing more pollen in the air, tree seeds on the ground and whirly maple samaras  — more commonly called helicopters — flying through the air this year, you’re probably right.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality this season reported the two highest tree pollen levels since it started measuring them in 1999. Here, pollen sits on rain drops on the trunk of a car in ...