Look up at trees silhouetted against the night sky on Halloween and you might see something spooky -- a witches' broom. A real witches' broom. No witch, though. Witches' broom is the name given to the ...

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 ...

If you took movies and TV shows seriously, witches, or those who practice witchcraft, would all be wearing pointy black hats, riding broomsticks and wickedly cackling over cauldrons. Unsurprisingly, ...

Local creatures have often been given the names of early explorers and naturalists that visited our northern shores and forests. So (until the names are changed) we have Townsend’s warblers and ...

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 ...

DULUTH -- If you're following Joe Braeu or Josh Horky on the highway, watch for sudden stops. They brake for witches' brooms. Braeu, the owner of Edelweiss Landscaping & Nursery, and Horky, a botanist ...

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 ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — In the spirit of Halloween, 300 witches got on their "brooms" and took part Saturday morning in Delray Beach's 14th annual Witches of Delray Beach Bike Ride on Saturday. The event ...