Vermont, a state famous for tapping maple trees, is now tapping into something far more complex: the human brain. With the enactment of S.71, ...

If there is one leaf shape everyone knows, it’s the maple leaf. Botanically, it’s known as palmately lobed. Just the other day, I was ogling some Japanese maples at a nursery while lamenting how ...

HAMPTON — Students at Hampton Academy and Marston School are getting hands‑on lessons in the science, tradition, and teamwork of maple sugaring. Over the final weeks of winter, students have learned ...

Horse-drawn bobsleds like this one were used to collect maple sap from the buckets. The large runners enabled the bobsled to operate on snow or in mud. In addition to hauling sap in large, staved ...

Climate change is threatening Wisconsin's maple syrup production, particularly in the southern part of the state. Warmer temperatures are causing the sap collection season to shift earlier and may ...

This year's maple sap collection in Massachusetts contains more sugar than most years. Sweeter sap requires less boiling time, which leads to increased maple syrup production. Colder temperatures and ...

New York State Maple Weekend is such a big thing that it takes two weekends: March 21 and 22, and March 28 and 29; several local producers are participating. That includes the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill ...

With the temperatures rising many of the maple trees in the area will soon be ready to be tapped for syrup. While syrup tapping has been a tradition at Chautauqua Lake Central School since 2023, ...

HIGHTOWN, Virginia — The woodpecker was the first sign of something strange underway. Ronnie Moyers heard the bird hammering in the woods one morning in late February, several weeks before the species ...

MONTPELIER — The annual Maple Syrup Festival will be held March 28 from 7:30 a.m.-noon at the Williams County Fairgrounds here. The family-oriented event will begin with a pancake breakfast with maple ...