Right on time, one of the two eggs in the Bald Eagle nest at D.C.’s National Arboretum began the hatching process. Dan Rauch, Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist with the District Department of Energy ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time in nearly 70 years, a pair of bald eagles is nesting at the U.S. National Arboretum. Staff first noticed the nest in January in the arboretum’s azalea collection. Early ...

WASHINGTONWASHINGTON — The National Arboretum is a place full of contradictions. It was established by Congress in 1927 as part of the U.S. Agriculture Department “for purposes of research and ...

BALTIMORE — The cherry trees at the U.S. National Arboretum are in bloom, and will continue to blossom until late April, the United States Department of Agriculture said Monday. The arboretum is home ...

Stumpy lives! Genetically, at least. The U.S. National Arboretum announced Tuesday that clippings from the original cherry tree on the Tidal Basin rooted into self-sustaining plants -- meaning the ...

D.C.’s National Arboretum is a 400-acre museum of natural history and Earth science, open to the public for hiking, biking and all other kinds of exploring. It’s great, and it’s also a lot. So the ...

The U.S. National Arboretum had a unique task: dividing and categorizing the hundreds of colorful koi, also known as Japanese carp, thriving in the pool. The koi were so happy there that they ...

WASHINGTON — Cherry blossom season is in full swing in the D.C. region. While we haven't quite reached peak bloom at the Tidal Basin yet, the District has much more to offer than that one iconic spot ...

Foreign plants and insects intent on wiping out native flora have invaded the National Arboretum and the surrounding D.C. area, forcing gardeners and horticulturists alike into a silent war against ...