I had gone into the forest to collect myself. For a sense of timelessness, amid trees here long before I got here, that would ...

A voracious insect called the spruce budworm was ravaging Maine’s North Woods, killing mountainsides of balsam fir and red ...

If a wasp does sting you, Texas Parks and Wildlife suggests the following: Remove the stinger. Washing sting with soap and ...

Participants at last week’s annual Michigan Society of American Foresters conference in Bellaire discussed how bark and ...

Hemlocks are majestic. Towering, evergreen, and capable of living up to 800 years, they’ve stood like green sentinels through ...

Is any of God’s creations nobler than the oak tree?

Spring is here, New Jersey! But beware of this poisonous plant lurking in your garden. Learn how to spot and handle this deadly plant safely.

There is another window to treat for magnolia scale in late August, when the eggs hatch as crawlers. At that time, use horticultural soap or a summer-weight oil. Even if you applied dormant oil in ...

Tree man syndrome, or epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), is a rare, incurable skin disorder that makes people highly susceptible to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The disease can lead to ...

In Kings Park, only stumps remain of borer-infested century-old trees, some of which would have been worth “more than $500,000 each”, says the CSIRO’s Bruce Webber. “…In a city, no ...

Mandy Steele, 33rd District (Allegheny County), proposes the title for a native bracket fungus closely associated with the state tree ... the bark of dead or dying hemlock trees in the wild.