In 1872, a Nebraska newspaper editor and tree lover named J. Sterling Morton proposed dedicating a day to planting trees in his home state. The idea, shall we say, took root.

Omaha's Henry Zipay (1) drops a pop fly off the bat of Nebraska's Tyler Stone (55) with two outs in the ninth inning during a college baesball game at Tal Anderson Field in Omaha, on Wednesday, April ...

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County has mapped the largest specimen of each tree species identified in the preserves and has made it easier for people to find these “champions.” ...

Students at Woodland Joint Unified School District’s Science and Technology Academy (Sci-Tech) planted and named a rare “Moon ...

The calendar says April, but that's not stopping state leaders from searching for the next Christmas tree that will stand outside the Capitol building in Lansing.