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 ...

CHARLESTON — Willow Creek Farms owner Lori Douglas is mourning the loss of her workshop and the tree that toppled on top of it Monday afternoon. The towering burr oak is thought to have been part of ...

The oak, which was a notable local landmark, would likely have been growing in place before the town was established in 1863.

A massive bur oak that had lived through hundreds of years of storms, droughts and human development finally succumbed to Friday’s powerful winds. The “famous” tree, off Harrodsburg Road near Military ...

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 ...

Frank has stood near the corner of Monroe Street and Lexington Avenue in Northeast Kansas City for at least 250 years, if not ...

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 ...

Plano's bur oak tree in Bob Woodruff Park South is estimated to be more than 400 years old. The tree has received special treatment and pruning to help keep it thriving. Photo courtesy of city of ...

The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...

MCBAINE - The Big Bur Oak Tree is now considered a Boone County Historical Site, making it the only tree in the county to hold that designation. "My father is on the historical committee for the ...