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 ...

It’s webworm season. The squirmy bugs are actually caterpillars and they can create some sticky situations in area trees. “They develop this web around them to protect them from the birds,” Lou Meyer, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Invasive insects in the U.S. could kill up to 1.4 million street trees by 2050, according to researchers. In an international study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, a team found that the ...

YORK, Pa. — If your family gets a real Christmas tree each year, you might also find a few insects hitching a ride inside with the tree! This isn't abnormal. Anytime you bring an outdoor object in, ...

An unusual ally is helping scientists and homeowners fight an invasive pest in Ohio, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Ironically, this ally comes in the form of an invader. The tree of heaven ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Bark beetles are the most devastating insects to attack pines, and they exist ...