Among the oaks, white, red and bur oak all stand tall as ecological heavyweights. Their acorns feed wildlife, their canopies ...

Ah, spring! Back then, ramps, or wild leeks, were known to the locals who had a family history with the plant. They were an under-the-radar treat you had to find on your own and gather and prepare in ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

Hemlocks are majestic. Towering, evergreen, and capable of living up to 800 years, they’ve stood like green sentinels through ...

Is any of God’s creations nobler than the oak tree?

Every fall for years, Deborah McCullough and her husband fished salmon from Western Michigan’s Betsie River. “It’s a little river, and it was shaded, and you knew there was going to be big salmon in ...