The oak was already old when farmers built a church beside it in 1717. And when the people came and kept coming, a town called Basking Ridge was built around the church that was built beside the tree.

It comes after more than 5,000 people signed a petition to save the tree in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, near the A45/A6 roundabout.

Thirty-five years ago on a sweltering April night, Enrique Cárdenas, a biology and natural sciences teacher, watched El Papantón burn. The mountain, which stands 1,939 meters (about 6,360 feet ...

A long life for a huge tree The Beauregard Oak almost certainly predates Gen. James Oglethorpe’s founding of Savannah in 1733.

The strong winds from Hurricane Idalia caused an “ancient” 100-year-old Oak Tree to fall on the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee Wednesday morning.

The famous tree featured in “The Shawshank Redemption” movie was knocked down by high winds Friday afternoon. The large oak, located on private property in Richland County, Ohio, made i… ...

The Lincoln Park Zoo bur oak, believed to be 250 to 300 years old, is dying. It’s due to be cut down Monday.