“I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing / All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1860-61 More than 150 years after Whitman wrote those lines, the ...

The E.O. Hunt live oak in Long Beach is one the largest of the species in North America, says South Mississippi’s own oak ...

For a Yankee in the South, everything about the environment scares you off. Heat. Humidity. Flying termite season (seriously, it’s a thing). But this cold-and-snow-loving Northerner braved the bugs ...

A giant live oak in Audubon Park that split in two last weekend is estimated to have been around 200 years old, but determining its exact age is difficult because of concrete poured into its center – ...

A section of Audubon Park in Uptown New Orleans was closed off Monday as crews worked to inspect damage after a giant live oak tree split. The tree appeared to have cracked down the middle, leaving ...

Live Oak Trees, like all oak trees grow from seeds, in this case, an acorn. All oak trees also produce catkins which hang down from the oak branches in the spring, pollinate the very small oak flowers ...

Standing tall between the I-75 corridor and a rapidly expanding suburb, an aged giant spreads its arms around a world of chirping squirrels, scuttering anoles and choral songbirds. And now, this giant ...

Perhaps no image is more representative of the southern outdoors than a giant live oak dripping with Spanish moss. But there’s a real misconception out there that Spanish moss is bad for the trees. I ...