If you want to grow roses or protect your already blooming rose garden from pests, particularly Japanese beetles and ants, the rue plant is your garden's next best friend. Known scientifically as Ruta ...

Born in Siauliai, Lithuania, Ruta Ulcinaite moved to the United States with her family at the age of six. Fun fact: The ruta flower is Lithuania’s national flower! Ruta has spent most of her ...

Some of Mexico’s best bartending “brujas” popped up in Brooklyn this weekend, mixing a witches brew of offbeat cocktails made ...

The plant is related to the daisy, but it looks very different. It has round, yellow flowers with dark red spots in the center. These flowers, often called buzz buttons or Sichuan buttons ...

But what you might not know is that incorrect plant watering techniques can put plants at risk for disease and even kill them. Whether you want to cultivate pretty outdoor perennials or you just ...

“Plants get their food from photosynthesis, but they need some other micronutrients and macronutrients that are critical in creating enzymes, regulating water, and plant defense,” says Summer ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

Every bite an herbivore takes comes at the expense of a plant. Are plants passive victims or do they actively resist these attacks? Some plants avoid herbivory by decreasing their apparency or ...

Yesterday, the world lost an American icon and a maverick in the airline industry. Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines' affable co-founder, died at the age of 87. Sadly, we lost a friend and a ...

Irvolino with Ruta Oaxaca co-owners Carlos Areallano ... Irvolino did a cooking demonstration using the yuca, the root of the cassava plant, to make grain-free tortillas from scratch.

Ruta Ulcinaite joined the Channel 7 Action News team in September of 2023. Ruta was born in Lithuania, a small Eastern European country with a population of less than 3 million. She immigrated to ...