A large outbreak of the eastern spruce budworm is defoliating trees and stressing or killing them, which can then help fuel ...

One dataset used in the study looked at tree species abundance in the United States. Virginia’s forests, among the nation’s ...

The eastern spruce budworm is a native insect that munches on balsam fir, leaving some 1,100 square miles of trees defoliated ...

University of Alberta research is showing how trees and fungi team up to survive and stay healthy against insect attacks—an ...

The spruce budworm is a native forest insect causing concern across Minnesota’s coniferous forests since at least 1954.

Jillian Patrie | University of Minnesota Yard and Garden Extension ...

Worth so much more than dark, lifeless industrially-managed tree plantations, we need to look after these rich ecosystems ...

Imagine walking through a forest and realizing that once-iconic trees—trees that shaped entire ecosystems and inspired ...

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar eclipse, a new international study suggests. "We now see the forest not as a ...