Learn about the importance of acorns in the ecosystem and how animals rely on them as a food source from Woodcock Nature Center Educator Jen Meikle.

This autumn, you might find yourself navigating a veritable carpet of acorns under every oak tree. This isn't your imagination; it's a natural phenomenon known as a mast year, and it's happening ...

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 ...

Some people text, some e-mail, but there's almost nothing better than getting an actual letter in the mail, especially if it's a letter poem. "A letter poem is when you're addressing someone else," ...

Finding Acorns in Grow a Garden is something you'll want to be doing to maximise your rewards when using the Chubby Chipmunk pet. By participating in the Nutty Fever event and allowing the Chubby ...

A group of University of Toronto forestry students collected acorns from a giant White Oak tree at Queen's Park on Wednesday as part of an effort to preserve the diversity of Toronto's native trees.

Bur Oak Land Trust, a nonprofit working across Eastern Iowa to preserve and protect land and advance the biodiversity of native species, had a new team of AmeriCorps members start Sept. 8, after ...

A farmer found dead sheep all over his farm last week A farmer has lost dozens of sheep, worth more than £5,000, to acorn poisoning - with union officials advising industry to move livestock away from ...

A farmer has lost dozens of sheep, worth more than £5,000, to acorn poisoning - with union officials advising industry to move livestock away from oak trees where possible. Geraint Davies, who runs ...

Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys shared a devastating health update with his fans. The 82-year-old musician took to his band's website on Thursday, Sept. 25 to announce that he has been diagnosed ...

As autumn steps up a gear, it is not just leaves carpeting the ground this year. You may have spotted a surplus of acorns littering the woodland paths. This year's bumper crop is mainly due to a ...

There's an ecological reason for the surplus of acorns flooding Iowa's yards. Certain breeds of tree native to Iowa are experiencing a "mast year." According to the Iowa Department of Natural ...