Japanese black pine tree with a blue sky in the background - Mawaddah Fauziah/Getty Images Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) is an incredibly striking, hardy tree with iconic long needles and ...

Bringing a fresh evergreen into your living room is a time-honored tradition that signals the start of the holiday season.

Not soon before the holiday season, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center reported that damaging pests are being found in pine trees in Louisiana forests. According to LSU AgCenter, the Ips ...

Trees, especially pine trees, are in for challenging times. Although pine trees are relatively drought tolerant, ongoing drought, as we’ve experienced in Marin County for several years, has caused ...

New models developed by University of Georgia researchers may help guide the fight against rust disease, according to a new study. The paper is published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.

The recent ice storm has left an overwhelming tangle of downed and damaged trees across northern Michigan and the eastern Upper Peninsula. For those working with damaged trees in this region or across ...

And pigs are just one of the 12 pests robbing farming families of Christmas joy. Other pests on Federated Farmers’ naughty list include wilding pines, possums, feral deer, feral goats, wild cats, ...

A fresh Christmas tree is an annual tradition for many families, but do you know how to check it for pests? As it turns out, Christmas trees provide an easy way for pests to hitch ...

A new rapid DNA detection method can identify forest pests and pathogens like Asian gypsy moths and white pine blister rust in less than two hours, without using complicated processes or chemicals -- ...

An insect known for turning entire mountainsides the color of rust could be making a resurgence in Colorado. The pest is none other than the mountain pine beetle. After a roughly decade-long period of ...

The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to severely damage UK trees and woodlands in the coming decades, new research shows. The ash dieback epidemic prompted the government to assess ...