In July the Rensselaer Urban Forestry Council and the Rensselaer Park Department planned a birthday party for the oldest tree ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It was there long, long before new lion cubs Pesho, Sidai, and Lomelok made their recent debut. It was there when Otto the Gorilla escaped in 1982 – and before he was the subject of a ...

For the next few months, Katrina Quint has one request for visitors to the Lincoln Park Zoo: Look up. Across from the white-cheeked gibbon enclosure sits a great, sprawling bur oak tree, about 45 feet ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- If a tree could talk, this bur oak tree would tell you about the history of Chicago and its roots. The tree stands about 70 feet tall, and it's scheduled to be removed on Monday, so ...

Majestic oak trees are considered to be Super Trees for their beauty and the positives they bring to our ecosystem. A local ...

"What a better way than to celebrate our centennial with planting 100 oak trees," Laurie Taylor, garden club vice president, ...

See the newest trees added to the Spiegel Grove arboretum, which is also the grounds of the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums in Fremont, during a sunrise Arbor Day tree tour April 26. Then try ...

In 2026, the Sioux City Garden Club will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. To celebrate, it’s putting down permanent ...

WAVERLY — A Waverly icon older than the city itself came down this weekend. Crews began cutting down the ailing bur oak tree outside City Hall on Friday afternoon. The tree, estimated to be about 217 ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) -- The huge bur oak tree on the east side of Eastern Illinois University's Old Main building is kind of like the university's alumni, Andy Methven thinks, because both are ...