There are some Christmas customs whose origins many people don't quite know, but which have been passed down through ...

Wildlife seems to like it as much as we do, and if you’re patient, you can make like a mistle thrush and spread it around ...

Mistletoe is the common name given to a plant that is known as a obligate hemi-parasitic plant. Simply put, they are plant ...

Tim Reed, from the Friends of Holt Island Nature Reserve, explains the custom of embracing under the mistletoe – and reveals some ...

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Desserts like peanut-butter balls and rich chocolate fudge are ideal for holiday entertaining and require only a few ...

We Sri Lankans are showing solidarity in recovering from the devastating Ditwah, one of the worst climate catastrophes ever seen. It is not just a time to relax and refresh, but also to reflect and to ...

The Valley Fire torched Lucky Peak in the fall of 2024. Bird researchers there are channeling their grief into study of how ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Mistletoe is a richly symbolic winter plant with an unusual life cycle. With more than half of England’s traditional ...

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Mistletoe is a richly symbolic winter plant with an unusual life cycle. With more than half of England's traditional orchards lost since the mid-20th century, it would be easy to assume mistletoe is ...

Some of my earliest childhood memories of holidays include my mother purchasing mistletoe to hang in a doorway during Christmas. It was not as important a decoration as the Christmas tree, but it was ...