For the first time, a plant specimen has been cryopreserved and placed into the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo, a step scientists believe could help the endangered scrub oak species ...

Grand Forks' first Christmas tree was not a lofty pine. No, indeed. The first Christmas tree was a scrub oak propped up in the little Methodist Church in 1877, according to Herald files. The tree was ...

If you live in the foothills, you probably have Gambel oak, aka scrub oak (Quercus gambelii), in your landscape. This native tree has some great attributes and some big management challenges. Good ...

The Del Mar Mesa Preserve is located just to the south of State Route 56. It is part of the larger Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve which stretches seven miles from the I-5/I-805 merge on its western ...

To save a few dozen remaining threatened scrub jays and hopefully many more in the future, Brevard County officials say more than 100,000 trees — including a popular half-century-old oak hammock that ...

Re: “California summit on wildfires top priority” (Letters to the editor, Nov. 20): Letter-writer Mr. Miller needs to look at the environments where California’s wildfires are taking place. Old-growth ...