Cuttings from the tree are being nurtured into saplings. Good morning. I'm Leila Fadel. A dying oak tree older than Chicago's founding was recently cut down by the city. The bur oak was about 300 ...

Across from the white-cheeked gibbon enclosure sits a great, sprawling bur oak tree, about 45 feet tall. Because it is naturally dying, the tree is set to be removed this spring. There is no ...