Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Anecdotal evidence has long shown that oak trees can act as a line of defense against spreading blazes. Now, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is trying to prove that native oaks can be used for fuel ...

Are These Caterpillars Damaging Your Oak Trees? See the Photos to Know originally appeared on Dengarden. Many caterpillars feed on the leaves of oak trees. Most will not do much damage, but some can ...

Gardening season is underway, and you may have questions. To ask one, simply go to the OSU Extension website, type it in and include the county where you live. A photo is very helpful. Q: Our oak tree ...

Oak trees around Minnesota have suffered from bouts of heavy precipitation and drought — conditions that make them more vulnerable to two-lined chestnut borer, a beetle that eats the inner bark of oak ...

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- Now that the first frost has occurred, it is time to start thinking about pruning oak trees to minimize the spread of oak wilt, a lethal disease affecting oak trees that is ...

Mowing your lawn every week can be a tiresome struggle or an expensive upkeep, even if there are methods for mowing your lawn more efficiently. Some people have considered replacing their lawns with ...

A proactive approach. The director of Parks and Parkways in New Orleans said extreme heat and drought conditions are playing a role in the condition of live oak trees and other trees across the ...

Iowa is known as the king of corn but lately, there also appears to be a bumper crop of acorns. Anyone who’s taken a walk near oak trees has crunched across many hundreds of the dime-sized seeds with ...

Six tall oak trees at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza are coming down after a long life. The trees, which probably range from 100 to 200 years old and stand between 40 and 65 feet, are being ...