One doesn’t expect to outlive a tree. Our clocks tick at a different pace. Yet it happens, and sometimes it’s almost like a death in the family. The old shagbark hickory beside our driveway is that ...

This hickory horned devil caterpillar is doing some acrobatics while eating the leaf of a tree. These caterpillars get their name from the bright red and black face and horns adorning the thoracic ...