How oak trees outwit their predators

Spring in the forest: Many insects, particularly caterpillars, hatch just when the trees' nutrient-rich leaves are still ...
Iowa Public Radio

The 'King of the Great Plains' is dying. Drought is killing giant oak trees in the Midwest

Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...
abc13

Oak tree falls into residents home during Tropical Storm Barry's initial landfall

MORGAN CITY, Louisiana (KTRK) -- In the midst of Tropical Storm Barry, Jay Aucoin's parrish drainage crew is only now installing emergency pumps. We realized pumps weren't the emergency Jay was really ...
Los Angeles Times

Inspiration from the species that can live 1,000 years and put down a new set of roots anytime

For a Yankee in the South, everything about the environment scares you off. Heat. Humidity. Flying termite season (seriously, it’s a thing). But this cold-and-snow-loving Northerner braved the bugs ...

For America250, a 250-year-old Burr Oak tree in Newport is honored

The Newport Revolutionary War-era tree has a "daughter" tree in downtown Monroe. Find out what else is planned locally for ...
Houston Chronicle

History of gigantic oak trees at this Becks Prime as long as their branches

On a cool, sunny Thursday afternoon, two live oak trees kept vigil (and shade) over a small lunchtime crowd at the Becks Prime in Uptown Houston. The history of the burger joint along Augusta Drive is ...
Cards Wire

Lightning struck an oak at U-M garden. See video of the scar

A large bur oak tree at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum was recently hit by lightning. See the damage.