In the fall, they fall en masse from the trees, landing on garden paths, terraces, or flower beds, and are either swept away ...

The acorn (Quercus) is a vital wild edible survival food available in the fall, but requires proper preparation for consumption. These bitter nuts can be collected from the ground or oak trees. After ...

You might have noticed oak trees have gone a little nutty this year, but don’t worry, the sky is not falling. Oak trees in Oklahoma dropped more acorns in what’s called a “mast.” ...

How a Bren School PhD fellow helps high school students shift from focusing on the what, toward a deeper interest in the how.

“I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing / All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1860-61 More than 150 years after Whitman wrote those lines, the ...

When Illinois landowners noticed tree deaths and diseases on their properties ramp up in 2017, they suspected industrial agriculture. A survey found herbicides in 90 percent of tree tissues Christian ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the next few days, Kansas City will say farewell to one of its oldest living residents – a historic landmark that has sat in the metro for the past 250 years. The Frank Liberty ...