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 ...

The southern pine beetle (SPB) (Dendroctonus frontalis) and black turpentine beetle (BTB) (Dendroctonus terebrans) are serious pests of pines in Florida’s natural, cultivated, and landscape areas.

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. The smell of pine needles fills the air, ornaments sparkle under the lights, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of pine needles on ground - Grigory Stoyakin/Shutterstock If you have pine trees in your yard, you know just how many ...

BISHOP, Calif. — Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains near the Nevada border, methodically ...

Property owners and tree care professionals who recognize the early warning signs can often prevent more serious damage later in the season.

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. DNR officials ...

Witch's brooms are compact, rounded collections of short needles and small cones. They can sometimes make up the entire leafy crown of a tree. Staff at North Carolina State University are asking for ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Pine forests are important to the environment. But recently, outside factors plague the health of pine trees in Alabama. Last year, southern pine beetles devastated ...