Oak Bluffs officials are developing a strategy to tackle the spread of the invasive southern pine beetle as concerns for ...

There has been a recent increase in pine tree deaths reported in a swath extending from Tallahassee heading north to ...

Florida’s commissioner of agriculture wants help from North Central Florida landowners to stop a tree-eating pest.

It looks like Halloween came early in the Tashmoo Woods. As the rest of the Island’s trees remain staunchly green in the ...

The invasive redbay ambrosia beetle has been confirmed for the first time in New York, along with the detection of laurel wilt disease in Suffolk County — a discovery that began with a Northport ...

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U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her bipartisan bill to help private landowners, timber cutting and hauling businesses, and local municipalities respond to forest-related ...

The southern pine beetle attacks pitch pines, which are essentially a monoculture at Napeague State Park. East Hampton Town officials detected the first pine beetle in the town borders in 2017. A few ...

When discussing the destructive power of invasive species, we often focus on their direct impact, like the plants or smaller animals that an invasive predator eats, or the native plants crowded out by ...

Longleaf pines are a fire-resistant pine species and are endangered throughout the Southeast. Staff photo: Lucille Lannigan NEWTON – In an effort to protect Southern U.S. forest resources, the Jones ...

One such pest, the southern pine beetle, is of concern for southeastern states, particularly the Upstate area of South Carolina and Alabama, along with Georgia and Mississippi, according to David ...