Streetlights left on all night cause leaves to become so tough that insects cannot eat them, threatening the food chain, a study has found. “We noticed that, compared with natural ecosystems, tree ...

Safeguarding your trees against pests is important to their health and longevity. Invasive species can wreak havoc by defoliating or infecting trees, and left untreated, can lead to loss of limbs and ...

Trees are often promoted as an important tool for combating climate change. That’s because trees take in carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away in wood and soil for years. But trees may not be ...

Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert Company in Menlo Park discuss a tree-related topic from general care and planting tips to how ...

Angela Mech, assistant professor of Entomology at University of Maine, has been leading the research for the i-Tree pest predictor. Mech specializes in invasive forest insects. University of Maine ...

The health of trees on Lake Winnipesaukee’s many islands is rapidly declining, and islanders worry about the logistics of properly abating those ailments.

Bizarre-looking bugs known as scale insects may be tiny but they can take down an oak tree. Considered pests, the creatures tend to flock to cities where they weaken, and in some cases kill, trees by ...

DAVIE (CBSMiami/AP) - A plant-hopping insect, about the size of a grain of rice, is the source of a deadly bacterial disease that is killing the state's iconic palm trees. Known as lethal bronzing, it ...

My favorite part of the holidays has always been the Christmas tree. There is just something magical about bringing a real, live, fresh-cut evergreen tree into my living room and decorating it with ...

Yep, those straight rows or columns of holes in the trunks and limbs of your tree are compliments of the pretty sapsucker woodpecker. These pretty birds are seeking the sugar that has been ...

Bizarre-looking bugs known as scale insects may be tiny but they can take down an oak tree. Considered pests, the creatures tend to flock to cities where they weaken, and in some cases kill, trees by ...