Acorns are nutritious and surprisingly useful, but are largely overlooked because preparing them for consumption requires a ...

Understanding how rare it is for an acorn to germinate makes this sight even more jaw-dropping. On average, a 100-year old ...

During the spring months, the Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to spray over 38,000 acres of state game land to reduce the damage done by the spongy moth to protect wildlife habitat. Spraying will ...

The live oak has nourished and protected the continent’s inhabitants for many centuries. Beginning in pre-Columbian America, Native peoples have ground the tree’s acorns into meal and knew its ...

The acorns of the sessile oak are stalkless. Oak is a seaworthy timber and was used to build many famous ships including HMS Victory which consumed 6,000 trees, most of them oaks. As the Royal ...