CHICAGO (CBS)-- It was there long, long before new lion cubs Pesho, Sidai, and Lomelok made their recent debut. It was there when Otto the Gorilla escaped in 1982 – and before he was the subject of a ...
For the next few months, Katrina Quint has one request for visitors to the Lincoln Park Zoo: Look up. Across from the white-cheeked gibbon enclosure sits a great, sprawling bur oak tree, about 45 feet ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- If a tree could talk, this bur oak tree would tell you about the history of Chicago and its roots. The tree stands about 70 feet tall, and it's scheduled to be removed on Monday, so ...
Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...
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A massive bur oak that had lived through hundreds of years of storms, droughts and human development finally succumbed to Friday’s powerful winds. The “famous” tree, off Harrodsburg Road near Military ...
See the newest trees added to the Spiegel Grove arboretum, which is also the grounds of the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums in Fremont, during a sunrise Arbor Day tree tour April 26. Then try ...
WAVERLY — A Waverly icon older than the city itself came down this weekend. Crews began cutting down the ailing bur oak tree outside City Hall on Friday afternoon. The tree, estimated to be about 217 ...