Tree holes: You probably don't think about them much. They're often difficult to see and easy to ignore. But to the frog species Frankixalus jerdonii, they are everything. These little brown frogs lay ...

The cold snap and snowstorm that blew through Ohio in early November nearly brought extra stress for families planning to buy a live Christmas tree. The ground froze Nov. 9 after temperatures fell ...

My hole season has arrived and oh how I enjoy it! Actually, I love the holes and consequently enjoy this time of year when holes become very busy. I am, of course, referring to woodpecker holes in ...

The sapsucker woodpecker is causing problems in the region, plus other reader inquiries about ash trees dropping leaves and transplanting lilies. A sapsucker woodpecker can cause damage to area trees ...

If you think your place is a dump, try living in a tree hole: a dark flooded crevice with years of accumulated decomposing leaves and bugs, infested with bacteria, other microbes, and crawling with ...

Q: My wife and I just moved into a house with a maple tree in the backyard. I noticed there is a sizable hole forming in the trunk. Inside the hole are wood chips, which I'm guessing are the result of ...

Equal parts beautiful and bizarre, birds and the many facets of their existence frequently figure in inquiries that come across the Snopes news desk. One such inquiry involved the acorn woodpecker, ...