A good number of oak trees grow at Crossroads at Big Creek’s Ida Bay Preserve. Already, though it seems early, acorns blanket the ground in several places. In August, if you see an acorn on the ground ...

Fall is here, and so are acorns, falling from oak trees into yards everywhere. Viable acorns can be grown into oak trees, if properly handled. A: It’s common for the acorn crop on oak trees to vary ...

Oaks are not just another tree. Entomologist, professor, and best-selling author, Doug Tallamy writes in his latest book, “The Nature of Oaks,” that “oaks support more life forms and more fascinating ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Since 2016, a dedicated group of nature enthusiasts and I have worked to restore and protect monarchs ...

California’s American Indians were more than hunter gatherers. They used fire to burn away the dry chaff so acorns could fall on barren ground to make collecting easier. This also reduced the ...

Acorns cling to the leaves of an oak tree in the uptown area of Dallas on Nov. 15. Trees in North Texas are producing a lot amount of a acorns this year due to a natural phenomenon known as "masting." ...

Do you feel like you're crunching on acorns every time you step outside? In Ohio, that could be true. That's thanks to a slightly above average production of acorns from white oaks. In some places, it ...