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 ...

Many people like to have some trees in their landscape. Our property has both white and pin oaks (a member of the red oak group). I recently saw an oak gall on a small pin oak. This is created when a ...

Oak trees have been with us from the very beginning of time. When God created the oak tree and the acorn, whichever came first, we were blessed with one of the sturdiest and useful plants for our ...

A heritage oak fell in Anneke and Ray Dempsey’s Palo Alto yard during the March 14, 2023 storm. Courtesy Anneke and Ray Dempsey. Anneke Dempsey was concerned about the giant oak in her backyard for ...

The Linden Oak, a tree that has likely been around since at least George Washington’s birth in 1732, was cut down Tuesday by a Montgomery County, Maryland, forestry crew. The chainsaws and wood ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Most locals don’t know exactly how long it’s been here. They say at least 300 years. It was around before any of the buildings that stand today in this city of 134,000 on the Chesapeake ...

The white oak can grow into a massive tree by Midwestern standards. It can live to more than 500 years old and commonly grows to more than 80 feet tall. The wood of the white oak is hard and ...