This leaf disease has been firmly established in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and has spread north into New ...

This week on the Local Food Report, grieving the beech trees of Provincetown’s beech forest—and the nuts they’ve long ...

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 ...

Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to prune them and what insect and ...

Local landowners are encouraged to check their beech trees for signs of invasive beech leaf disease after the disease was found in St. Clair County earlier this year. The disease causes characteristic ...

CORNISH FLAT, N.H. I love trees, and want to know the name -- both English and Latin -- of each one that lives in our woods. And although you could name your favorite tree Bob or Shirley, it makes ...

It's no day at the beach for beech trees on Cape Cod these days. A malady known as beech leaf disease (BLD), first detected in Ohio in 2012, has made its way to Massachusetts, where it was first seen ...

A walk in the woods this time of year is different. It’s quiet and monochromatic. Other than the crunch of your shoes on frozen ground, there isn’t as much to see or hear as a forest in spring or ...

A tiny worm is attacking beech trees across Massachusetts, and arborists say they're worried the long-term impact could devastate a species that's critical to the state's forests. The worm causes ...

But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...