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. CBS 2's Noel Brennan was there as a small crowd gathered to watch ...

That new tree is called Junior. “It’s an original descendant of that tree,” Hirsch pointed out. Junior, the burr oak, is now 15 feet tall and stands proudly.

PONCA, Neb. (KTIV) - Officials say one of Nebraska’s oldest trees, located in Ponca State Park, has died. The “Old Wolf Oak”, a bur oak that’s about 380 years old, was an often-visited ...

PONCA, Neb. (KCAU) — Nebraska Game & Parks confirmed that the “Old Wolf Oak” at Ponca State Park, a tree that is believed to be more than 300 years old, has died. “You start seeing ...

This specific oak tree is 250 to 300 years old and pre-dates the founding of Chicago. On Friday, zoo guests wrote letters to it to celebrate its life and legacy and say goodbye.

The towering burr oak is thought to have been part of the eastern Coles County landscape since the days of Abraham Lincoln and possibly beyond. The tree has been a landmark of sorts for Douglas ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Thirty years ago, Bill Spradley was a freshman at the University of Missouri and became one of countless mid-Missourians to fall in love with the massive bur oak tree, the state's ...