While the summer is a busy season of fitting everything in, fall brings a different type of bustle. It’s back to school, back ...

But if you’ve noticed far more acorns on your forest floor than you’re used to, there may be a different cause – it seems ...

No, this isn't an article written for (or by) squirrels – humans can actually eat acorns under certain circumstances. The nuts stem from oak trees, and can actually elicit a mild, nutty flavor.

Lying under the canopy of an oak tree, you're hit over and over. The trees aren't out to get you. Learn the theories as to ...

Hundreds of pigs are roaming the New Forest, an area of southern England, as part of an ancient tradition that has been ...

Patios, sidewalks, driveways, and parked vehicles under the trees may be covered with the tiny green nuts now and well into ...

While it's not quite the squirrel apocalypse of 2018, there's been a large increase of squirrels, alive or dead, in Maine ...

While extra acorns make more work for the public works department, it's all part of working with nature. "It's not a bad ...

Iowa's native trees are experiencing a mast year, when they produce a surplus of seeds that can strain even healthy branches.

Naturalists in some areas of the country have noticed a lack of acorns this year and scientists are at a loss to fully explain why. Naturalist Jennifer Soles of the Gulf Branch Nature Center in ...