Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maybe you’ve been plonked on the head one too many times while out in the woods. Or you’ve come across a patch of forest floor ...

If you’ve been on a walk lately, you may notice the sidewalks are a bit more crunchy than usual, with a lot more acorns on the ground this year. Texas oak trees are experiencing something called a ...

Forester and researcher, Joseph Barsky of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, surveys oak tree acorn production at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden. Aug. 20, 2024. Credit: Dave Wurtzel ...

Q: Was this past fall’s heavy acorn crop due to the serious drought or just a random occurrence? A: Nut-producing trees are noted for being “alternate bearing.” They will have a heavy crop one year ...

Acorns are dropping across Connecticut but depending on where you live, you may see and hear a lot or none at all. Scientists at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station are reporting a highly ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Acorns, acorns and more acorns. This fall, the Austin area has been covered in them. While it is certainly not unusual to see acorns in the fall, this season has been a little nuts.

Acorns cling to the leaves of an oak tree in the uptown area of Dallas on Nov. 15. Trees in North Texas are producing a lot amount of a acorns this year due to a natural phenomenon known as "masting." ...

COLUMBUS Ohios bumper crop of acorns this fall will provide a vital food source for more than 150 forest wildlife species, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of ...

Oak, the genus Quercus, is bumped into, climbed up in, sat under and fed upon by many during fall hunting, hiking, firewood cutting and photographing sessions. Years ago, one author wrote that “White ...