A summer garden filled with colorful poppy flowers starts in autumn. Either let your poppies dry out and naturally scatter seeds at the end of the growing season or sprinkle a packet of seeds over ...

8. They were a symbol for remembrance before WWI While most people know poppies for their association with WW1 and WW2, the flower has long been linked with young men dying too soon, especially in ...

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol of our remembrance of the sacrifices made in past wars? Scarlet corn ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated worldwide online poll . Co-host Savannah Guthrie first suggested the zoo name the ...

Iran where much of the illegal poppy plants supplying the opium are grown. With the Iranians focusing on the supply, the western agents are focusing on the trafficking. Out of an unfortunate ...

The four contenders were Poppy (for the flower), Juniper (for the evergreen), Hammie Mae (for Virginia ham) and Omi (“water” in the West African language Yoruba). Poppy and Hammie Mae were the ...

They had to choose between finalists Poppy — a flower name in homage to the hippo’s mother, Iris — and Hammie Mae. The top four had also included Juniper and Omi. Poppy was born on Dec. 9 ...