A new tree disease has spread in forests in Massachusetts, joining invasive pests and climate change as top priorities for foresters to address. The state has found beech leaf disease in more than 90 ...

Pennsylvania naturalists are keeping an eye on a disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years.

And while it might feel disheartening that such a serious issue started so close to home, it’s also a powerful reflection of the strength of Northeast Ohio’s conservation community. Volk notes that ...

Over the years Ohio trees have had a continuing list of problems. Oak wilt is currently affecting oak trees. Before that, there was the Emerald Ash Bore for ash trees and earlier there was Dutch Elm ...

Beech leaf disease has already made its way to 15 states and into Ontario, with alarming results. By Margaret Roach I am hardly alone among gardeners who have called upon a copper-leaved European ...

A new study found differences at the cellular level of leaves from infected Beech trees -- variations that may account for tree mortality. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood ...

Look up through the leaves of almost any native hardwood forest in Southern Berkshire County today, and you might notice an unhealthy, strange striping to some beech leaves. Then, on closer ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. There is a worm growing in Brooklyn, millions of them, actually, and, for a ...

A leaf from a tree in West Rock Ridge State Park in New Haven shows symptoms of infection from Beech Leaf Disease. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood products, and sustenance for ...