Jun. 12—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 ...

The young beech trees on her land are beginning to lose some or all their leaves. And ones that haven’t been defoliated have few leaves with some of them looking brown or crinkled. There’s a lot more ...

A CBS News map shows where leaf colors are changing and where to see peak fall foliage, updated regularly.

The nematode, known to ecologists as Litylenchus crenatae mccannii and first discovered in 2012, causes beech leaf disease. It nests in the beech’s buds, replicates wildly, and causes havoc for ...

Leaf-peeping season is almost here as the searing heat of summer comes to a close. Fall foliage outlooks say peak fall colors will start appearing in the northeast United States by early October ...

The Preservation Society has counted 260 across just its holdings alone. All of them have beech leaf disease. The good news is that only one so far has died.

Science Friday is leading a community science effort to help researchers understand the spread and severity of Beech leaf disease (BLD)—and you can help. Read our reporting, join our community, and ...

Beech leaf disease is believed to be caused by a particular type of nematode, which is a microscopic, threadlike worm. It was first discovered in Ohio in 2012.