Temperatures are dropping once again, which means lakes and other bodies of water are starting to freeze. If there is no snow around when the thermometer dips below zero, you may be treated to a rare ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS — It was just before 7 a.m. Friday and the conditions were perfect for spotting the elusive frost flower. Despite the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Fragile ribbons of ice have been popping out of the ground across Tennessee during the first few days of December. They are called frost flowers and here’s how they form. To ...

A frost flower is not truly frost nor is it a flower. The ribbons of ice form from sap slowly freezing as it oozes from a living plant during a period of freezing temperatures. The night of Nov. 6 was ...

If you are out walking on an early winter morning, you might be lucky enough to see some of nature’s most beautiful and ephemeral sights: hair ice and frost flowers, snow-white and delicate against ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's Frost Flower season, but don't blink, because it's a very short season. In fact, it can be only one day of the year. Frost flowers can be found on the forest floor typically in ...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. - Stroll through any Missouri countryside on a chilly morning in late fall, and you might stumble upon a field of "frost flowers." The cool sights aren't actually flowers but ...

They develop where there is moist, unfrozen soil during below-freezing temperatures (32 degrees or lower). Water pulled up from the soil into a plant's stem freezes, expands and splits the stem. As ...

We are entering the time of year when de-frosting your car's windshields will become part of the routine. There has already been several frosty and freezing mornings so far this fall. This post will ...