Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 20, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE ON CHESTNUT (2006), pp. 40-44 (5 pages) A study was carried out on the chestnut fruit insect pests on Mount Etna (Italy) and on the ...

Few who delve into the annals of American biological history have not lamented over the loss of the American chestnut (Castanae dentata). For 40 million years these stately trees ran the gamut of the ...

A molecular study carried out on the chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, has revealed the absence of genetic variability in this invasive species, a chestnut-tree parasite, in Europe. This is ...

For the first time, the rare chestnut mining bee has been discovered in upstate New York. The small, brown insect was found by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in ...

When foresters saw the flagging leaves on old oaks in Richfield's Augsburg Park last year, they thought they were seeing a disease called oak wilt. It was only when they sent a sample to a lab at the ...

“They’re really majestic trees,” she says. “They go back centuries of importance to people.” Hagerty, an arborist for 11 years, and the owner of Arbor Gold Tree Services in Plymouth, is fighting to ...

Eastern deciduous forests represent an important proportion of the US forest carbon (C) stores, and imminent, largely anthropogenic forest changes present unique challenges and opportunities for this ...

Southern Minnesotans may be noticing some oak tree groves showing a lack of green. Muted shades of orange-red and brown in area landscapes indicate the effects of two years of drought; they are not a ...

While planting the vegetable garden last May, I heard a repeated bird song emanating from the adjacent raspberry patch: “Pleased, pleased, pleased to MEETCHA.” Finally, the small songster perched near ...