The discovery recently of what might be Florida’s tallest live oak tree near a hiking trail I frequent seemed to me more evidence that I live in a place of natural wonder. OK, maybe just one of ...

Last summer, the Northampton Oak was a contender in a local search for the “biggest tree in DC,” hosted by Casey Trees. While it ultimately lost to a colossal chestnut oak in Battery Kemble Park, the ...

An ancient oak tree in northern Greece is believed to be among the oldest surviving tree of its kind in Europe.

It’s a northern red oak, and “it’s kind of huge,” Mark Lewing said last Thursday, with the wry delight of a big-tree hunter who has stumbled onto a gold mine. Until Lewing or someone else ...