DESERT HOT SPRINGS – Sand dunes covered with thickets of honey mesquite trees normally form oases bristling with desert wildlife. Insects, lizards and birds take shelter among the thorny branches, and ...

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 ...

The lush green heart of the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve (bigmorongo.org) is home to great old mesquite groves that have thrived for millennia on fault seep moisture. Here in the low west end 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 ...

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – Swarms of little dark beetles with long antennas and a Velcro-like grasp have been spotted around Sierra Vista in the last couple of weeks. These are the same critters ...

Giant mesquite bugs, imposing in appearance but harmless to humans, are coming down from their normal domain in the tops of mesquite trees because of the extreme heat — startling some people and ...

I was traveling between Fort Worth and Abilene and noticed the mesquite trees all looked yellow and some almost dead. Is this something caused by disease or what? They were like this for miles. The ...

Providing a vast expanse of green space helps absorb the harmful carbon dioxide, but greenery may sometimes be harmful or fatal. ALBAWABA - Providing a vast expanse of green space helps absorb the ...

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 ...