If you want to be a true outdoorsman or woman, and a true survivor, you’ve got to become a plant person. I know, I know—it’s not as cool to walk around with your nose in a book as it is to sling lead ...

Observing and identifying trees is a type of play that benefits kids in multiple ways. For starters, research has found that simply being around trees improves cognitive development and lowers the ...

While many of the nuts we may be most familiar with require warm climates to grow, there are plenty that can be grown in cooler climate zones. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and ...

A variety of tree nuts, like these burr oak acorns, ripen and fall to the ground in September and October. Watch for tree nuts falling in the woods this week across Missouri. These large seeds feed ...

An Iowa big tree hunter takes measurements of the an Atlantic white cedar tree on the grounds at Brucemore in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) ...

Even though they’re all found in the same aisle at the grocery store, there’s one key difference between tree nuts (which include almonds, walnuts, cashews, and pistachios, to name a few) and peanuts.

You might be surprised to find out where pine nuts actually come from—and how they're technically classified The beauty of food trivia is that there’s always something unexpected to discover. For ...

Cover your head and don't look up! Naturalists say this is a "mast year" in much of the country, when hardwood trees drop an overabundance of nuts. SIMON: Good times for a walk in the woods to watch ...

Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center found Millennial-aged adults who snack on pistachios and other tree nuts experience better weight control and more efficient use of dietary fat as ...