On a recent afternoon, Stephanie Carrie walked up to a cork oak tree on Potomac Avenue, a residential street in Mid-City, and put her hand up against the bark. She looked up at the tree in awe ...

The Davis campus is filled with an assortment of oak trees including 532 cork oaks. "You won't find another tree with a texture quite like this," Griswold said while pointing at a large cork oak.

Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California, hosted an event for harvesting cork oak tree with the help of Portugal-based group Cork Supply.

Standing under the sprawling branches of the largest cork oak tree in the world, it's obvious where The Whistler Tree gets its nickname. Songbirds perch in the canopy of the Portuguese Monumental ...

Since corks are crafted from the bark of a cork oak tree, they make pretty good kindling for your next bonfire or campfire adventures, so bringing a bottle of wine with you on your next RV trip ...

Lorenzo Zandri Cork—which is harvested from the thick, spongy bark of the cork oak tree—is now the main protagonist in the Cork House, as cork panels cover many of the walls both inside and out.

Cork comes from the bark of a cork oak tree, which can be harvested every seven years. “The trees are climate change resistant as they need little water, and can resist fires pretty well ...

Cork is sourced from the cork oak tree, and is one of Portugal’s biggest exports. During forest fires, the top layer of bark chars and protects the tree underneath.

The cork is harvested from the outer bark of the cork oak tree every nine years — a process that does not harm the tree. This makes cork a as well as a powerful carbon sink to sequester carbon ...

Cork oak trees grow best in Mediterranean climates, like the Central Coast. After a tree has initially been harvested, it will take another nine years before the bark can be harvested again.

Has this summer and early fall felt stickier than normal to you? According to LAist, that’s because it has been. The high temperatures have encouraged trees like the cork oak to produce more … ...