A bur oak tree, which has potentially been at its site at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo since around 1800, is seen on Nov. 22, 2022. The centuries old bur oak is set to come down this spring due to ...

A tree older than Chicago is about to be cut down The Lincoln Park Zoo bur oak, believed to be 250 to 300 years old, is dying. It’s due to be cut down Monday.

A group of activists who protested to stop the removal of bur oak trees near west suburban Geneva, hope their efforts will prompt counties and towns in the Chicago area to enact strong tree ...

The Seward neighborhood bur oak, determined to be more than 300 years old, was declared dead and cut down in 2010.

And even a century before that. But alas, a historic bur oak tree at the Lincoln Park Zoo reached the end of its natural life – and it was cut down on Tuesday.

White oaks (Quercus alba) are durable, large canopied, long-lived trees that grow slowly and are common in southern Wisconsin ...

A bur oak that was regarded as the oldest and largest tree in North Texas has fallen, uprooted Thursday by heavy rain, Plano city officials said. The Quadricentennial Bur Oak, located in Bob ...

Ridges on bur oak branches (like those seen in the left photo) are normal and become more pronounced as the tree ages. A more concerning issue is the grass encroaching on the young tree, which ...

Chicago officials are planning to cut down a dying tree Monday that is older than the city itself. The bur oak tree's age is estimated between 250 and 300 years old. The 70-foot-tall tree stands ...

Katrina Quint, Lincoln Park Zoo’s director of horticulture, with the nearly 300-year-old bur oak on Friday. ‘It’s going to very different without it standing there for the grounds,’ Quint ...

Chainsaws revved Tuesday morning and removed a nearly 300-year-old tree at Lincoln Park Zoo. What stood for centuries was cut down in hours. The 70-foot-tall bur oak, next to the primate house, is ...

For the next few months, Katrina Quint has one request for visitors to the Lincoln Park Zoo: Look up. Across from the white-cheeked gibbon enclosure sits a great, sprawling bur oak tree, about 45 ...