Higher temperatures in cities can be a key driver of insect pest outbreaks on trees in urban areas, according to research published March 27 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Emily Meineke from North ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—The Alabama fan who poisoned the iconic Toomer's Corner oak trees at rival Auburn has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Other Sciences - Other

Mar 23, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 3

As the emerald ash borer ravages North American ash trees, threatening the trees' very survival, a team of entomologists and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the pests.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

As native birds continue to lose their homes due to the spread of the Australia's cities, scientists are urging city planners and householders to help save them by planting more Australian trees.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The UK Government has recently imposed a ban on importing foreign ash trees in order to prevent the spread of fungal disease Chalara, which kills the trees and has entered the country via imports from Europe.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 31, 2012 not rated yet 0

A new pan-European study suggests that the economic value of forests will decline between 14 % and 50 % due to climate change. If measures are not taken to change this, the damage could reach several hundred ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 12, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

City streets can be mean, but somewhere near Brooklyn, a tree grows far better than its country cousins, due to chronically elevated city heat levels, says a new study. The study, just published in the journal ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 24, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

The recent mild winter throughout much of the United States was a cause for celebration for many. However, butterfly aficionados shouldn't be joining in the celebration.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 20, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 7 |

Grasses bend in the wind, their golden tips tracing arcs across fields that stretch toward the horizon. Sunwashed by a fading evening light, these reedy ballet dancers are central figures in savanna, an ecosystem ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 09, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 0

A catastrophic infestation of the goldspotted oak borer, which has killed more than 80,000 oak trees in San Diego County in the last decade, might be contained by controlling the movement of oak firewood from that region, ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 02, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Those valley oak trees (Quercus lobata) in California's Central Valley have a lot of gall.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 31, 2011 not rated yet 0

Researchers have constructed a 226-year history of fire in southern Illinois by looking at fire scars in tree stumps. Their study, the most in-depth fire history reported for the upper Midwest, reveals that ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 14, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Foreign pests are eating their way through our national forests, destroying majestic scenery and costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 06, 2010 not rated yet 0

A map plotting the path of destruction that the tree-strangling pathogen known as sudden oak death is taking through the Bay Area shows new infestations in and around neighborhoods throughout the region.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 05, 2010 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- A utility company preparing to build a new substation in an arid canyon southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of animal fossils dating back 1.4 million years that researchers say will fill in blanks in ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 21, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 0