Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bees play a vital role in the pollination of more than 1.5 million acres of almond trees in California. A staggering loss of bee ...

California almond growers are using precision irrigation, groundwater recharge and zero-waste practices to reduce water use ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Rodent expert Roger Baldwin used to get fewer than one yearly inquiry about rat issues during most of his extended stint at the University of California, Davis, where he's a professor ...

Almond trees are native to the mountains of Central Asia, and it was only by a spontaneous mutation around 4,000 years ago that the nuts – actually the almond tree’s seeds – were rendered edible in ...

California’s bearing almond acreage declined this year for the first time in decades, reflecting mounting pressure from weak profitability, high production costs and slowing new plantings across the ...