Say 'heat wave' these days around Carolyn Craft and she turns visibly anxious, biting the corner of her lip and creasing her forehead. Mention gloomy weather and her face lights up brighter than her ...

Now that the daffodils are gone, tulips and irises are on deck. Tulips are fine flowers, but they typically will not rebloom in these parts. Irises, on the other hand, will hang around for years, ...

For 40 years, McCullough has lived on the same large corner lot at 200 E. Penn Grant Road in Willow Street. He became interested in irises in 1958, when he started growing a dozen varieties. Now he ...

In 2008, geneticists tied most modern blue eyes to a single, shared DNA change a tiny edit that still sits like a fingerprint in millions of irises today. Looking at blue eyes it seems to the ...

The colored part of the eye surrounding the pupil is called the iris. It automatically regulates the amount of light entering the eyes by regulating the size of the pupil. Light is the primary ...

Some people enjoy gardening. Others are passionate about getting their hands in the dirt. For Julie Perez, it goes beyond a green thumb or the gardening bug. The self-described "flower nut" has made ...