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 ...
Monroe County is already preparing for America250. The country turn 250-years-old on July 4. An early local observance took place April 24, Arbor Day. A 250-year-old Burr Oak tree received its second ...
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 ...
The seedling Burr oak we planted about seven years ago is now about 10–12 feet tall, but I'm not sure how best to continue caring for it. Water comes from the grass sprinkler system, and we have never ...
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 ...
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 ...
Q: I have a bur oak tree in our backyard that’s 9 years old. Last summer, I started noticing ridges on the tree trunk and branches. Is this normal? If not, is there anything I can do about it? — Heidi ...