Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No, this isn't an article written for (or by) squirrels – humans can actually eat acorns under certain circumstances. The nuts ...

Turns out those pesky nuts falling from the sky onto you and your car, and littering the D.C. area ground in late fall, are more important to the planet than you might think. A new exhibit at the ...

Depending on where you live, you may have noticed an unusual number of acorns dropping from oak trees recently. It appears to be a mast year in much of the D.C. region – when oaks produce a bumper ...

Maybe you’ve noticed more acorns than ever falling from this sky this year. You wouldn’t be the only one. The large valley oak tree near our home has dropped thousands of acorns, many of which hit our ...

DEAR TOM: The thing about acorns is they aren’t intended to be digested whole, so any animal that eats them that way is going to expel them that way. Snapp Shots: Husband-wife veterinary team starts ...

It's not your imagination. Oak trees are producing huge numbers of acorns that are crunching underfoot and snapping like popcorn when driven over. Stand under an oak tree for awhile and you may get ...

No, this isn't an article written for (or by) squirrels – humans can actually eat acorns under certain circumstances. The nuts stem from oak trees, and can actually elicit a mild, nutty flavor.

DEAR JOAN: We live in an area with a good variety of wild animals. Lately, I have found instances of scat containing several whole acorns. What animal would eat whole acorns and not be able to digest ...