Next time you’re out and about, look down at your feet. Oak trees in Chicagoland and nationwide dropped an unusually high number of acorns this year, in what botanists call a “mast year.” “This is one ...

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.

If you are walking under an oak tree this autumn on Long Island, one verb — duck — sums up best how to avoid becoming an unwitting player in an irregular fall phenomenon. Fall 2023 has marked the ...

Large acorn crops for oaks occur every two to five years, and this would appear to be one of those years. Dear Master Gardener: Help! I’ve never raked and swept up so many acorns in my life! What is ...