You might not have noticed, but drop by drop, the first harvest of 2021 has begun. There's more sunlight. Maple trees and their shallow roots break their dormancy, and the sap will be ready to rise up ...

Have you always wanted to learn to tap maple trees to make your own maple syrup? Then you’re in luck because maple syrup ...

The maple trees in your backyard are no less loaded with sap than any of the thousands of maple trees being tapped right now on maple farms across much of Pennsylvania and in states and Canadian ...

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. There are windows of opportunity in nature, and one of my annual favorites is “sugaring time.” In late winter, tree sap begins to flow, and from the ...

New Hampshire sycamore sap boils down into syrup at researcher David Moore’s house in Lee. Credit: Annie Ropeik/NHPR This segment is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories ...

Mar. 19—FEDERAL DAM, Minn. — Tapping maple trees to collect the sap they produce is perhaps the quintessential rite of spring in this part of north-central Minnesota rich in its source of the tasty ...