ideastream: John Grabowski, the Krieger Mueller Associate Professor of Applied History, provided his expertise in a story about a historic English oak tree being replanted at Rockefeller Pond in ...

“Sing for the Oak Tree, the Monarch of the Wood.” These words were written by English poet Mary Botham Howitt, who died in 1888. She may be best known for her amusing creation, “The Spider and the Fly ...

OAKVILLE — An English oak tree linked to Olympic great Jesse Owens was planted by three of his granddaughters Thursday on soil where the grandson of former slaves got his start as a runner.

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!) ...

It may seem like winter will last forever, but it won’t. If you have an oak that needs pruning, that gives you a deadline. To protect them from oak wilt, a serious fungal disease, “oaks should only be ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - It’s possible this year is a mast year for your oak trees, which would explain the exceptionally high yield of acorns. During a mast year, a fruit-bearing tree produces more ...

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...