Sand Ridge State Forest in Forest City is Illinois’ best-kept natural secret, and frankly, it’s too extraordinary to stay ...

Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are ...

I noticed a lot of small twigs with leaves on them under my oak tree and became concerned about the oak. It is a large, ...

Dowling Watford, left, and Glenn Bakels, right, stand in Riverbend Park, once the spot where the U.S. Army battled Seminoles ...

In late June and early July, groups of yellow-crowned night herons will begin to leave their New Orleans nests. First they ...

They impact tomatoes, marigolds, beans, squash, and a variety of other landscape and garden plants. Thump leaves from a ...

Black Panther Burn for the Nature Conservancy in April 2024 in Bath County, Virginia. (Kyle LaFerriere) Is any of God’s creations nobler than the oak tree?

On a March 17 Instagram post, Dunn announced he was going to host a free class to anyone who wanted to learn Black history under a tree by the Steven and Dorothea Green Library.

Red velvet suit, white fur trim, tall black boots, cozy (if not indulgent) pom-pom hat. Santa Claus’ uniform may have some variations, from Tim Allen’s off-duty outfits in “The Santa Clause ...

In a single afternoon, nearly 1 million trees — our longtime guardians — were torn from the earth. For generations, these trees had shaded our homes, supported wildlife, and anchored our land.

In the spring and summer months of the year, oak trees like red oaks and even white oaks are susceptible to a disease known as oak wilt. This disease is harmful to our native oak trees in ...

Numerous oak species are native to or common in Pennsylvania, where they populate forests, grow as back-yard shade trees, and serve as arguably the best host plant for bird-feeding caterpillars.