The term “witch’s broom” probably conjures up images of Harry Potter playing quidditch or the Wicked Witch of the West berating Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz.” But in the plant world, it’s something ...

Like me, many people have probably seen them. Up close, or at a distance, they stick out like a sore thumb. What amazes me most about them is I've really never bothered to look them up to see exactly ...

Whether you’re looking for a witch’s broom for your fall and Halloween decorating, to use as part of a witch or wizard costume or if you’re designing a Harry Potter-themed room for your kids, there ...

The brooms at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies? That’s a Scheumack broom. The walking sticks Gandalf uses in The Lord of the Rings movies? Those are from Scheumack. And that broom that Bette Midler ...

Witches' broom formations are seen in this Virginia pine. The effect of witches' broom is caused by stress in trees. (Submitted photo/Curtis Young) On my cranky days some might say it’s my mode of ...

Witches' broom disease, caused by the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa, decimated cocoa crops in southern Bahia state, Brazil ...

As darkness falls tonight, Lorene Couture and her family coven of witches will begin celebrating one of their year's most sacred nights. What is Halloween to legions of trick-or-treaters is Samhain -- ...