Jumping Jehoshaphat! The ground is alive! Or so it seems when hundreds of tiny round spheres the size of a pin head are hopping around on the sidewalk. This spring there are plenty of these curious ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. I'm starting to see some of the oaks have a "dead" look to the leaves. I believe they are white oaks. It started on a small oak ...

Q: We have oaks all around our property and it sounds like someone is popping corn in the woods when we walk out among the trees. When we investigated further we found these little brown “seeds” ...

The Arkansas Forestry Commission announced that leaf damage has been confirmed in clusters of white oak trees in north and central Arkansas areas due to jumping oak gall, or small plant growths caused ...

We have had numerous calls and samples about funny looking "bumps" on the leaves of oak trees. These growths are known as galls, and alarming as they may seem, they do not injure the plant. Galls are ...

Q: When I was collecting acorns from the tree in my backyard I noticed these tiny seeds that fall from the tree as I am knocking down the acorns. They seem to be coming out of my oak tree and jump all ...

When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...

A few months ago, I had the chance to take a bush walk with one of the most respected trail guides in South Africa, Stefan Winterboer. After showing us where a hippo had marked its territory by ...

When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...