Mexican long-nosed bats have a taste for agave nectar, fueling their migration from Mexico to the U.S. each summer.

The spiky desert succulents typically blossom beginning in late February. But this season, many started growing flowers up to ...

This week's garden column includes expert tips for pruning roses, growing hotter peppers and safely caring for houseplants ...

Agave's spiky leaves make it a popular drought-tolerant plant. Here's how to care for an agave plant in your container garden.

Generous rains in December and early January made for early blooming hillsides and canyons. Already, hoary-leaf Ceanothus ( Ceanothus crassifolius) is showing its ivory-white colored flowers, soon to ...

Don’t feel like watching football on Super Bowl Sunday? Here are some cool concerts and other fun non-pigskin-related things ...

Something to Dish? Do you have a tip, question or recommendation on Bakersfield restaurants, trends or food news in general? Email thedish@bakersfield.com , and your input might wind up in a future ...

Although we’re in the middle of winter, soon we’ll witness the unveiling of springtime and all of its joyous colors: brilliant orange poppies, deep purple iris and vivid yellow tidy tips. And after ...

Southern designers use Hobby Lobby finds as affordable tricks to spruce up stylish spaces.

Joshua trees are blooming early. Scientists need iNaturalist photos to track flowers, fruit, and moth timing in Mojave Desert now.

Enter Fairmont, Minnesota – a place where the seemingly mythical $600 monthly rent isn’t just possible, it’s actually ...