I was walking the trails at the Great Bay Wildlife Refuge in Newington, N.H. last week. There is a beautiful spot there where the sun glints off of Great Bay and floods the woods with light. On that ...

Shagbark hickory, named for its long, peeling strips of bark, bears edible nuts, has a 200-year lifespan and gives excellent flavor to smoked foods. Shagbark hickory, Carya ovata, is native to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan's forests grow a range of edible nuts each fall — making squirrels, deer and even a few bears happy — and if you're up ...

Shagbark hickory, Carya ovata, is native to southeast Nebraska. The common name refers to the long, peeling strips of bark on mature trees. They bear edible nuts that are highly sought after by both ...

Both humans and wildlife are busy foraging this first month of autumn for a tough nut to crack — Wisconsin’s flavorful hickory nut. Champions of this oft-overlooked edible know just where to go ...

My husband was raised in an area with many shagbark hickory trees and has collected nuts for many years. His question is: Why are there worms in nuts from some trees and not others and why do some ...