An international team led by researchers has sequenced the genome of the almond tree and compared it to that of its closest relative, the peach tree. The most substantive differences between these ...

Almond trees might not be your first thought when looking for plants to grow in containers, but these spring-blooming trees ...

Self-pollinating almond trees that can produce a bountiful harvest without insect pollination are being developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. This is good news for almond ...

Has the almond tree developed a unique way of drawing potential pollinators? A group of researchers in Israel speculate that the toxin called amygdalin that is found in almond tree nectar is in fact ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanislaus County’s finest floral display, the almond bloom, has brightened the winter landscape once again. The flowers last from ...

Ben Barra farms 18 acres of Independence almonds southwest of Fresno, Calif. He says this will be his last foray into farming. Beekeepers flock from all over the country to California every February ...

Humans have been eating peaches and almonds for thousands of years. Although at first sight the products of these trees may seem to be very different, both species are part of the Prunus genus, and ...

Wood chips from recycled almond trees are spread across an orchard in California's Stanislaus County. (Brent Holtz, UCANR) Recycling trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop ...

Biplane cropduster applying fungicide to almond trees near Brooks, California. It seems like almost everyone I know started feeling guilty over almond milk since a rash of headlines blaming almonds, ...