Many people like to have some trees in their landscape. Our property has both white and pin oaks (a member of the red oak group). I recently saw an oak gall on a small pin oak. This is created when a ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Since 2016, a dedicated group of nature enthusiasts and I have worked to restore and protect monarchs ...

Oak trees have been with us from the very beginning of time. When God created the oak tree and the acorn, whichever came first, we were blessed with one of the sturdiest and useful plants for our ...

A heritage oak fell in Anneke and Ray Dempsey’s Palo Alto yard during the March 14, 2023 storm. Courtesy Anneke and Ray Dempsey. Anneke Dempsey was concerned about the giant oak in her backyard for ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- People have been saying goodbye to a mighty oak tree at the Lincoln Park Zoo. It's stood the test of time, but is now at the end of its natural life according to the zoo's ...

With Arbor Day this Friday, April 30, I am thinking about an incredible tree: the oak. A single oak tree can nurture more life-forms than any other tree in North America. Birds, many mammals, even ...

Fall is an ideal time to consider planting an oak tree. The mighty oak, America’s National Tree, is visually appealing, with this wide leafy crown and broadly spreading limbs. Yet, it is more than a ...

“Sing for the Oak Tree, the Monarch of the Wood.” These words were written by English poet Mary Botham Howitt, who died in 1888. She may be best known for her amusing creation, “The Spider and the Fly ...

St. Helenans watched art happen in real time as the city’s first public outdoor mural took shape over almost three months last fall. What they didn’t know was that, like the mighty oak tree depicted ...