After seeing my article last week on the efficacy of systemic insecticides for bark beetles and borers in pines, a reader, Ken, wondered whether a product he was using against bronze birch borers was ...

An invasive insect has laid waste to an estimated 100 million ash trees across the U.S. Now Oregon foresters are taking pre-emptive steps to limit the bug’s impact. The emerald ash borer is a metallic ...

I got an email from a reader of our column who asked why their iris was rotting fast at the root. This question caused me to think about a friend of mine who passed away a few years ago. Unfortunately ...

Adult greater peachtree borers are often mistaken for wasps, but they're actually clearwing moths. Greater peachtree borer larvae feed on the cambium tissue under the bark of stone fruit trees. This ...

CARBONDALE — Carl Meinecke sidles up to an ash tree and wraps a tape measure around the trunk, gathering both circumference and diameter in one move. “Diameter is 17.9 inches,” Carbondale’s town ...

New to North America in 2002 and found in Boulder in 2013, emerald ash borer is a nonnative insect that established itself and began infesting and killing ash trees in the county. With no natural ...

NORTH ADAMS — “It’s awful, just terrible,” said Thomas Moore, owner of a Williamstown tree service, The Tree Guy. “We’re losing trees like crazy. It’s like a perfect storm.” That’s word from the front ...

How do you find an insect the size of your fingertip in a densely packed forest? For Jian Duan, the answer is simple: follow the dead ash trees. On a rainy day in eastern Connecticut, Duan, a federal ...

Reviewed by Amanda Rose NewtonFact checked by Jessica Wrubel Raspberries are fairly carefree plants to grow in your garden. For most of us, the main challenges of growing these brambles are keeping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ash tree with an emerald ash borer trap is pictured in Oklahoma.(Photo by Dieter Rudolph/Provided by Oklahoma Forestry Services ...