A swarm of destructive wasp-like insects is spreading fast, and it could mean bad news for pine trees, holiday traditions, and your backyard.

An aggressive hatch of Douglas-fir tussock moth caterpillars is threatening trees, both in national forests and in Santa Fe.

Pesky spotted lanternfly bugs are back this summer in Maryland, but there are some new options available for dealing with ...

Parts of the North Cascades and Mount Baker are facing an outbreak of the western spruce budworm, aerial surveys reveal. The ...

While cinnamon does have pest- and disease-repelling properties, how you apply it matters. Gardeners sometimes tout cinnamon as a repellent for pests and a remedy for plant diseases. Is this common ...

It’s a wide island, with many trees. On either side of the road, there are more trees, including some large magnolias. But this week, I noticed a lot of the trees are dead. Ten to 15 of them.

Fresh Christmas trees lay within a shipping container during a scheduled fumigation treatment and inspection for invasive pests on Dec. 2, 2024 at a local business establishment in Tamuning.

Purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) not only enhance the visual appeal of a garden but also play a crucial role in pest and disease resistance by attracting pollinators and beneficial insects ...

A late-March ice storm that left a 12-county area of northern Michigan a disaster area has left thousands of broken, damaged and fallen trees. And that is a vector for pests and disease.

Based on recent rates of pest and disease arrival, they estimate that -- by 2050 -- more than half of tree growth could be lost (compared to growth if no new pests and diseases arrived from now ...