Our native oak trees face a new threat. In November 2019, scientists in Calistoga discovered tiny symbionts — an insect-fungus team — killing mature valley oak trees (Quercus lobata). It was the first ...

Defying its typical seasonal pattern, my beautiful backyard oak tree — which, at over 300-years-old, predates the neighborhood — recently shed its leaves unexpectedly. Upon a thorough evaluation ...

Houston’s landscape may look browner than usual after this week’s frigid spell, but where the environment is healthy, there is no such thing as the ‘dead’ of winter. Hundreds of species of creatures ...