It looks like Halloween came early in the Tashmoo Woods. As the rest of the Island’s trees remain staunchly green in the ...

Many of the once-green pine trees along roadways in Suffolk County have turned yellow and orange, evidence that they are dying. They're victims of the southern pine beetle, an invasive insect no ...

If you can’t kill it, can you at least control it? That’s the poignant question facing the Central Pine Barrens and its stewards, including the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ...

Environmental and biological threats to forests across the United States are presenting challenges for federal and state agencies as well as private landowners. Drought, pest outbreaks and invasive ...

Q: I had several large pine trees removed last fall due to beetle infestations. I still have seven pine trees in the wooded part of my backyard. They are maybe 12-15 feet from each other at the ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - If you notice small holes in the trees in your backyard, they may have been created by pine beetles, insects who especially thrive in the recent weather pattern experienced ...

Grubs are the larvae of beetles, and they can be troublesome. The garden pests reside and are active in the soil, where they can feed on the roots of plants. Grubs are hungry pests that can damage ...

WATERBORO, Maine — The state's widespread fires of 1947 and a planned but failed housing development in the 1970s could not kill off the 3,000 acres of mostly pitch pine trees and brush here. But a ...

CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. — A once-in-a-decade pest is attacking Georgia's trees and causing millions of dollars of damage - but it's nearly impossible to see the threat. For Clint Backstrom's family in ...

I have been trying to spend a little more time at the lake these past couple of months. My friend Ed and I are trying to learn to catch fish on the 72,000 acres of Strom Thurmond reservoir. So far, we ...

When discussing the destructive power of invasive species, we often focus on their direct impact, like the plants or smaller animals that an invasive predator eats, or the native plants crowded out by ...

A destructive insect capable of devastating timber harvests is at “epidemic” level in Alabama, with the state’s forest management agency saying the problem is the worst it’s been in more than 20 years ...