The rapid spread of the Goldspotted Oak Borer is killing hundreds of thousands of oak trees, undermining habitat and ...

Noticing that rotting-fish odor when you step outside this spring? It means Bradford pears are back in bloom - and the invasive trees are all over.

We also wanted to] highlight the use of natural history collections and their stories and how they can be applied to questions and applied in ways we have yet to imagine.” Burr Oak Cemetery dates back ...

Relative to size of plant parts, microphylla means “small-leafed,” while macrophylla says it has large leaves. The word ...

An exceptionally wet winter in the Bay Area has led to a surge in the sprouting of death caps, deadly lookalikes of edible mushrooms from other parts of the world.

An exceptionally wet winter in the Bay Area has led to a surge in the sprouting of death caps, deadly lookalikes of edible ...

Another mistake shows up in cooler months, when bare stems or dead-looking vines get treated like harmless brush. Poison ivy and poison oak remain a problem year-round, and urushiol can still be ...

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as ...

Did you hear what happened to the wooden car with wooden wheels and a wooden engine? It wooden go. Wood, at least from ash trees, is in excess supply since emerald ash borers have killed hundreds of ...

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the trees' above- and below-ground ...

A two-part workshop on winter tree identification is scheduled for Feb. 12 and Feb. 14 at Spring Mill State Park. The sessions, led by Janet Eger of the White River Forestry Committee, aim to teach ...

The coroner says they are still working to positively identify a driver who died and was left unrecognizable after crashing their car into a tree, leaving the car engulfed in flames near Harvard. The ...