Barton Springs Pool Says Goodbye to a Longtime Regular Named Flo
Austinites gathered poolside to celebrate a sick pecan tree’s hundred-plus years of shading swimmers.
Austinites gathered poolside to celebrate a sick pecan tree’s hundred-plus years of shading swimmers.
As the invasive beetle carves a path through Texas, state and federal officials are searching for solutions.
Twelve years after the last known Quercus tardifolia disappeared, conservationists at the San Antonio Botanical Garden are bringing the species back.
Let’s crunch the numbers on what it would cost to avoid another “oakpocalypse.”
A forester assures us most of our Texas trees will likely come out of this fine. Until then, “Cra-a-ck.”
Retired forester Mike Woody lives in a log cabin in the Piney Woods creating intricate tree sculptures. You just can’t make this stuff up.
Our state tree has been genetically transformed to meet the global nut market’s demand. But what’s good for the world may not be great for Texas.
Fall foliage might be harder to come by in Texas this year, but there’s still hope for some colorful leaves.
Let’s pause to appreciate our leafy friends.
Once eaten by woolly mammoths, and later used by Indigenous Texans and settlers for its sturdy wood, this strange plant has spread from Texas across the country.
Two decades ago, a woman bought a cutting from a nursery in the Rio Grande Valley. What grew was much bigger than a tree.
Catch the Polar Express, visit the Grinch, or have your own 'It's a Wonderful Life' moment in a festive town square.
More than 300 million trees died in Texas in 2011 due to extreme drought conditions
After the island lost more than 35,000 trees to Hurricane Ike, a group of artists carved 35 stumps into beautiful and intricate sculptures.
It was a bad year to be a tree in Texas. The drought alone claimed half a billion trees, and now eminent domain threatens a 100-year-old oak planted by one of the founders of League City.
It’s unpalatable to cattle, an invader of grasslands, and a water hog. So why can’t I just get rid of it? Because it’s a vegetative Vietnam.
To the people of Austin, the poisoning of an ancient tree was more than a crime; it was a blasphemy.