Box elder bugs are a small, noninvasive pest known to inhabit any areas where box elder maple trees are found. These little bugs are particularly adept at squirming their way inside homes and other ...

We’re not about four seasons, we’re about water and drought and heat and fire.”But why do the fagus and other plants colour ...

Participants at last week’s annual Michigan Society of American Foresters conference in Bellaire discussed how bark and ...

Hemlocks are majestic. Towering, evergreen, and capable of living up to 800 years, they’ve stood like green sentinels through ...

Why do bugs always seem to die on their backs? Leslie Yates Riverside, California This is a matter of physics. As the bug nears death, normal blood flow ceases, causing the legs to contract inwardly.

Meet the two-lined chestnut borer (Acanthocinus aedilis), a tiny but mighty troublemaker that’s been making life hard for hardwood trees! While this pesky beetle has a soft spot for chestnut ...