Discover the history, secrets, and beauty of the English Oak, a tree that has shaped landscapes and legends for centuries.

ideastream: John Grabowski, the Krieger Mueller Associate Professor of Applied History, provided his expertise in a story about a historic English oak tree being replanted at Rockefeller Pond in ...

“Sing for the Oak Tree, the Monarch of the Wood.” These words were written by English poet Mary Botham Howitt, who died in 1888. She may be best known for her amusing creation, “The Spider and the Fly ...

A new study shows that tiny microbes living in and around oak trees may help them survive drought, poor soil, and disease.

It may seem like winter will last forever, but it won’t. If you have an oak that needs pruning, that gives you a deadline. To protect them from oak wilt, a serious fungal disease, “oaks should only be ...

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

Estrella Luna-Diez receives funding from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Anne-Marie Culhane receives funding from UKRI and the NERC. Bruno Barcante ...