In January of this year, a new outbreak of the goldspotted oak borer beetle was noted in Calimesa within Rivers & Lands ...

Oaks have always been a favorite tree of gardening enthusiasts and nongardeners alike. Whether oaks are found in undisturbed nature, at a city park or in your own neighborhood, it is hard not to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images There’s a reason it’s called the Mighty Oak: Oak trees are stately trees that can live for hundreds (yes, hundreds!) ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

It’s less than a half-inch long but it can fell a giant oak tree in no time. The goldspotted oak borer, GSOB or Agrilus auroguttatus, is a 0.4-inch bullet-shaped beetle with six golden spots on its ...

November through February is the best time to plant hardy trees, shrubs, ground covers and vines. If you have been thinking about adding a shade tree to your landscape, now is a great time to do it.

Every year, self-described tree nerds try to find the biggest trees in Nebraska. The top contenders end up on the state’s ...

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 ...

The symptoms were strange. They were the same across multiple oak species—white, swamp white, black, red, post, shingle, chinquapin, blackjack and pin. Leaves thickened, elongated and contorted into ...