Trees

We may be known for our 10,000 lakes, but this tree growing right here in Minnesota is now the holder of a mammoth national record.

A difficult year for trees in Wisconsin just became more challenging. There are new reports that a vicious invasive tree-killing beetle in Wisconsin that is putting millions of trees in the state at risk.

It's not a good summer to be a tree in Illinois. The Land of Lincoln is already experiencing an invasion of two cicada broods and now there's suddenly a new threat from an invasive bug that's been spotted in Illinois putting millions of trees in danger.

It's forest stroll season and paint colors on trees might have a specific meaning.

I am deathly afraid of spiders which means I'm also not a big fan of webs. Soon, you'll start to see gobs of webs begin to appear in Missouri trees and many fear what they contain.

There are certain warning signs of Spring that you might have trouble. One is to see a tree in Missouri that is oozing sap. That could be a sign that a vicious invasive insect is present and causing issues for the ecosystem that could have bad consequences for much more than just the trees in your neighborhood.

It's no secret there have been strange stories from the Missouri woods before, but this story takes the cake. A Missouri man found bizarre 'x's' in the woods and later heard what he described as 'hoofed' footsteps near a cabin.

It's a forest that's actually in the shape of Minnesota. It's real, and photographs of this strange forest are making the rounds again.

If you want get away from it all, you can go camping. If you want to get away from it all, but do it in a glamourous way, you can go glamping. But, there's now a Missouri place that will let you go 'hamping' and it's the best way to defy gravity in the trees.

I have seen this so often in Missouri, I just figured it was a big birds nest, but I was wrong. Have you seen the big ball of leaves and sticks in your Missouri trees and wondered what's going on? It's not bird's nest that you're looking at.