A pair of 75-year-old trees has been emitting a vomit-like smell at the California State Capitol Park in Sacramento The ginkgo trees give off the foul smell due to the butyric acid in their fruit’s ...

A ginkgo tree at the California state Capitol was fenced off this month because its putrid fruit was both a slip and a sniff hazard. Incidentally, the berries — technically seeds with a casing — do ...

One of the simple pleasures of fall is watching the leaves shift into their brilliant colors as the air cools and the days grow shorter. I’ve always had a soft spot for the ginkgo tree. The ginkgo’s ...