Oak trees are stately trees that can live for hundreds of years. These are the most common types of native oak trees that thrive in the South.

Lying under the canopy of an oak tree, you're hit over and over. The trees aren't out to get you. Learn the theories as to ...

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If you’ve been on a walk lately, you may notice the sidewalks are a bit more crunchy than usual, with a lot more acorns on the ground this year. Texas oak trees are experiencing something called a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Several WCCO viewers, including Leah from Coon Rapids and Robert from Oak Grove, wrote to us wanting to know: why are there so many nuts? The Minnesota Department of Natural ...

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 ...

If the squirrels seem happier than usual these days, it's because this has been a bumper year for acorns. We're not talking about just a few extra of the hard, woody capsules. The oak trees are ...

Iowa's native trees are experiencing a mast year, when they produce a surplus of seeds that can strain even healthy branches.

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." ...

They are one of the telltale signs that autumn is finally arriving. It feels like just yesterday we were all enjoying another ...

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