Duke is taking that year to build a large, new welcome center that remakes the entrance to the gardens. It’s projected to ...

North Carolina’s temperatures have increased over the past 120 years, endangering campus wildlife. Different individuals and groups work to promote sustainability and the environment on campus.

Residents of Asheville's Five Points neighborhood are rallying to preserve a nearby wooded area owned by UNC Asheville. The ...

As Pittsboro continues to plan for development, commissioners approved two conditional re-zonings for undeveloped tracts near Chatham Park.

So we believe spending your golden years in the Peace Garden State ... the University of North Carolina may be bitter sports rivals, but their hometowns of Durham and Chapel Hill, respectively ...

Enjoy a peaceful escape with a visit to one of these stunning botanical gardens chosen by our featured panelists.

Scott Zona Courtesy of the NC Botanical Garden. There’s a plant that’s not native to North Carolina, but it’s responsible for the deaths of hundreds of birds in the state each year.

Visitors file by taking selfies of the flower as it sits on a raised dais protected by velvet ropes. The botanical garden has ...

Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for one of the Triangle’s year-round bird species that ...

The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February. The idea for a desert garden came from a small group of Valley-based advocates in the 1930s.