The latest news and updates from across the Triangle, in your inbox every morning. There’s a black oak in Wake County with a 17.5-foot circumference, a 123-foot-tall shellbark hickory in Durham, a ...

Bitternut hickory was long considered a worthless “trash” tree. Locals now believe it contains a hidden treasure – and could ...

More than two dozen species of oak are native to North Carolina. But with a quick glance and some context clues, Luke Ferreira and Spencer Cain can identify pretty much all of them. Not to mention ...

HICKORY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — After nearly two decades in business, a family-owned trucking company in Hickory has shut down, citing rising costs. The closure leaves more than 100 employees ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orange County Sheriff's Office announced Friday evening that the body of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, who has been missing since Monday, was found in a wooded area of Osceola County.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — On Thursday, the Kissimmee Police Department released 80 pages of investigative documents which, among numerous other things, reports how medical experts believe 13-year-old Madeline ...

Back in 1964, a scientific decision ended up destroying one of the oldest living organisms ever discovered. Prometheus, a Great Basin bristlecone pine growing high on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in ...