Hold off putting up your usual variety of mistletoe – the dwarf mistletoe could soon eclipse its better-known Christmas cousins as the green fertility symbol of choice for holiday party goers. In fact ...

The dwarf mistletoe, a kissin' cousin to the variety hung from doorways at Christmas-time, is unique in its family both for its sexual habits and the level of destruction it causes within the forests ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American mistletoe's genus *Phoradendron* means 'thief of trees' in Greek. Joe Decruyenaere/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Breezy Gardens owner Kim Miczek, right, and her sister, Darlene Lappala, who manages Breezy Gardens, stand amidst their wreaths ...

My husband and I noticed some mistletoe-looking stuff on our pinyon. It's very unattractive and did not inspire any kissing. I know it's too dry here for regular mistletoe, but it has that same ...

Dwarf mistletoe is a problem in Colorado forests. It is rarely transmitted through nursery stock, but can be difficult to manage in naturally forested areas of the Pikes Peak region. Affected trees ...

Love your column! The other day my husband and I noticed some mistletoe-looking stuff on our pinyon. Very unattractive stuff — did not inspire any kissing. I know it's not mistletoe because it's too ...

The Atacama Large Millimetre Array, or ALMA, is astronomers' latest eye on the sky, and we'll hear this week of its discovery of massive starbursts in the early universe. Plus, we'll find out how ...

Certain specific features accent every holiday season. Easter has eggs and Fourth of July has fireworks. Halloween has pumpkins and Thanksgiving has turkeys. Christmas has many iconic features and ...

Mistletoe, the iconic Christmastime symbol of love, or at least of kissing, may seem like some exotic twig from some far-off land, and the tradition of hanging it as a Yuletide decoration comes to us ...

It’s a holiday tradition. Get some mistletoe, hang it in the house or hold it above your head, find that special someone, stand together under the plant and smooch away. Seems innocent enough, but ...