Chevy Chase DC lost a neighborhood fixture on Monday: a gargantuan oak tree thought to be older than the United States. Located on a private property on the 2800 block of Northampton Street, Northwest ...

SAN DIEGO — Construction projects are popping up all over California State University San Marcos. In response to these plans, their team has found ways to preserve the greenery and landscape on campus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leaves of a swamp chestnut oak - Sarah Macor/Shutterstock If there's a swampy corner in your backyard, the swamp chestnut oak ...

“Old Glory,” a roughly 400-year-old Valley Oak tree in Stevenson Ranch, became a Los Angeles County Historic Landmark this week. Why it matters: But it wasn’t always a walk in the park to protect the ...

If you missed the annual Big Tree Hunt put on by the New Jersey Forest Service this spring, the mammoth specimen you thought might be a contender is worth keeping an eye on. The event challenges New ...

Burger King is the home of The Whopper. But at one Burger King in Beaufort, the real whopper stands outside. From the bed adjoining the fast-food restaurant’s parking lot, the giant, 175-year-old live ...

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.

Majestic oak trees have been capturing attention long before travelers on the Oregon Trail stopped their wagons and set up their new life. Indigenous people nurtured oaks for edible acorns, and ...

Maybe you’ve been plonked on the head one too many times while out in the woods. Or you’ve come across a patch of forest floor that made it feel like you were walking on marbles. If either of these ...