While sketching at the zoo one morning, a small boy asked me for a pencil and a piece of paper. He proceeded to transform the ...

Emma Tenayuca was still a teenager when she started organizing for equality in her native San Antonio, Texas. Only a few years later, at the age of twenty-one, she led 12,000 pecan shellers — mostly ...

A clinical study reveals that consuming two ounces of pecans daily significantly reduces LDL cholesterol levels.

If you suspect you have pecan weevil in your residential pecan trees, contact your local County Cooperative Extension Office. Chaves County residents may contact Sandra Barraza at 575-622-3210.

To verify, we talked to Dr. Monte Nesbitt, a professor of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University and used data from the National Weather Service.

Pecan trees can be a nice addition to your landscape. Just be sure you have the proper space and select a variety — or varieties — that will work for your needs.

Admittedly, pecan trees have many flaws; however, they can be a valuable as an heirloom. Take time to consider your site and other cultural factors before proceeding with this endeavor.

Container-grown trees can be planted in October through May, or in other words, now. Just remember, pecan trees can grow to about 70 feet high, so they should be planted 40 to 60 feet apart.

Pecan trees are a long and arduous investment for farmers because it can take years before they begin producing nuts, Tyler Harper, Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture, told CNN.

Hurricane Helene devastated farmers because it destroyed large nut-producing trees, some as old as 100 years old, according to Lenny Wells, a professor of horticulture at UGA who has been a pecan ...