On Saturday, March 28, the Burr Oak Woods Nature Center will host a workshop to teach the public about naturescaping.

In 2009, investigators probing a grave-desecration scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, recovered a clump of moss found about eight inches below the soil surface during evidence recovery.

A giant bur oak estimated at more than 400 years old and regarded as the oldest tree in North Texas collapsed Oct. 25 during a heavy rain storm. The Quadricentennial Bur Oak, located in Bob Woodruff ...

The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...

Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...

A representative of the cemetery's president and CEO said Burr Oak's owners acted as fast as they could once they were told about a worker discovering a handful of bones. Left unanswered is how the ...

The Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council voted to recommend the listing to the National Park Service, which would formally recognize Burr Oak as a site of national significance. For many Chicago ...

With several family members buried there, Tammy Gibson said she is very passionate about conditions at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip. Families with loved ones interred there “want to make sure they’re ...