Any minute now, Gov. Chet Culver will be officially lighting up the big Christmas tree on the west side of the Statehouse. It's a 30-foot-tall Norway spruce from Strautman Tree Farm near Cambridge, ...

Have you ever walked in the shade of a mighty oak tree? In late summer or fall, you may find an odd little brown woody ball attached to a fallen twig. Look up into the tree, and you may see more ...