A new study shows that tiny microbes living in and around oak trees may help them survive drought, poor soil, and disease.

Oaks have always been a favorite tree of gardening enthusiasts and nongardeners alike. Whether oaks are found in undisturbed nature, at a city park or in your own neighborhood, it is hard not to ...

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.

Iowa is known as the king of corn but lately, there also appears to be a bumper crop of acorns. Anyone who’s taken a walk near oak trees has crunched across many hundreds of the dime-sized seeds with ...

DuPage County crews will plant oak trees along a stretch of the Illinois Prairie Path near West Chicago thanks to a $10,000 grant. The county’s transportation division first plans to clear invasive, ...