Ireland has so far been spared the ravages of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, which has killed hundreds of millions of spruce across Europe in just the last decade. But the insect is now edging ...

"Dive into Germany’s Harz National Park—one of just 16 national parks in the country—as it battles a massive bark beetle outbreak. Decades of spruce monocultures (planted to fuel centuries of mining) ...

To overwinter roses successfully, fall rose care is key. Here is what to do and what not to do to get your roses ready for ...

It’s fall on public lands and stewards are encouraging visitors not to feed the bears, completing trail work before snow falls — and planting whitebark pine seedlings.

The high school football regular season has barely reached the midseason, but several key district races could be decided — or at least frontrunners will emerge — in Week 6. DeLand travels to Spruce ...

Although Montana has turned a corner on the number of new forested acres infested with bark beetles, there’s concern that one particular type of bug that thrives in burned trees could make a comeback ...

Amazon is back with a few new Echo speakers. Debuting alongside a swath of new Ring doorbell and Blink security cameras, family of new Fire TVs, and the new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, Amazon revealed ...

SACRAMENTO, California — Good news for California wildfire watchers: Rain is in the forecast for as early as Monday night in Northern California. Bad news for wildfires: The federal government is ...

In the early part of the 20th century, the American chestnut was ravaged by an invasive fungus that arrived from Asia. That fungus made the American chestnut functionally extinct, and although some ...

Port Orange Police reopened the intersection of Taylor Road and Williamson Boulevard, after news reports said a bomb threat was made to a school bus Tuesday, Sept. 23. The police posted the traffic ...

The rise in tree mortality is troubling for local forest ecosystems. As a global phenomenon, however, it has a significant social impact that remains poorly understood. "We don't currently know ...

When tiny holes appear on a tree, they often tell a story. These could either be due to harmless nesting activity of some animals, or they could be insect infestations that threaten a tree's survival.