BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Well before Columbus sailed to the New World and even before Gutenberg invented the printing press, there grew a great oak tree in a land that would one day be called New ...

a great oak tree on the plain of Mamre, a few miles north of Hebron, just off an old Roman road to Jerusalem. According to tradition, it was beneath this tree that Abram (not yet Abraham ...

Admiral Lord Nelson predicted the British would triumph at Trafalgar. And on 21 October 1805, as they attacked the combined Spanish and French fleets off the coast of Cádiz, he achieved exactly that.

Insurers claim 80ft tree is damaging a property and must come down, but residents – including the homeowner – want to save it Direct Line, the insurance firm, claims the roots of the 80ft oak ...

Here are some very important things to consider before (choosing) and planting a new tree, especially large trees such as live oaks.

Hardy, evergreen and beautiful, oak trees can also provide plenty of shade. But neighborhoods like Live Oak, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park and the Hill Country are threatened by oak wilt ...