With 81 percent of its land cloaked in forest — some 34 billion trees — New England is the gold standard for glowing fall foliage. That's the good news for "leaf-peepers" in waiting. The bad? There ...

Behind every autumn leaf lies a chemical shift-chlorophyll fading, carotenoids glowing, anthocyanins rising-that turns survival into spectacle. Every autumn, landscapes across much of the world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New England is a mecca for leaf peeping. Above is Echo Lake in New Hampshire (Getty Images) With 81 percent of its land cloaked in ...

It's officially fall in the Northern Hemisphere, which means bright, beautiful foliage isn't far behind. Parts of the U.S. will soon start to see — if they haven't already — leaves and shrubs trade ...