The flower comes from East Asia and symbolizes a story of memory, myth and displacement. Now, there’s a movement afoot to ...

Notable appearances in culture: Alongside the plum, orchid and bamboo, the chrysanthemum is one of the four key plants (known as the Four Gentlemen) in Chinese brush painting; it has featured in East ...

The South Boston native who rose from the chief of immigration enforcement in ICE's Boston office to the top of the agency ...

Are parrots competing with native bird species for essential resources or are they living in unexploited ecological spaces?

Georgia could soon have an official new state flower. Senate Bill 240, sponsored by Milledgeville Republican Sen. Rick Williams, calls for changing the state floral emblem from the invasive Cherokee ...

Cherokee Elder Tony Harris began a Cherokee Garden in Cobb County 12 years ago, now home to over 120 native trees, shrubs and flowers. Each species outfitted with signs with QR codes sharing how the ...

Cincinnati native Rose Lavelle made history Thursday night in the United States Women’s National Team’s loss to Portugal.The two squads met in Chester, Pennsylvania, for an international friendly ...

Bay FC midfielder Claire Hutton and San Jose native Naomi Girma also made appearances as the United States knocked off Japan ...

The former state flower, the Cherokee Rose, is an invasive species native to Southeast Asia, not Georgia. The new state flower, the Sweetbay Magnolia, is native to Georgia and supports local wildlife.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As America celebrates its semiquincentennial, News 8 is celebrating the spirit of America by focusing on some of the local heroes ...