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VDACS discovers the first box tree moths in Virginia, threatening boxwood plants, commonly used in landscaping.
The black locust tree is an invasive plant in many parts of the world — and ironically, it has invasive qualities even on the ...
The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive insect that can kill a healthy tree within a decade, has been confirmed in two new ...
The invasive spotted lanternfly has spread to 17 states and can threaten vineyards. But bats, fungi, dogs and even trees may help control them.
The Columbia Basin has become home to a variety of invasive plant species, with the most notorious being noxious weeds.
Initially, experts feared that ramie moth could devastate māmaki and other native nettle populations, putting a valuable cultural and environmental resource at risk. However, while the moth remains a ...
Poison hemlock, the toxic plant that killed Socrates thousands of years ago, is becoming more prevalent in the Midwest.
Montgomery County, Maryland, is staring down a population boom in Maryland — not of people, but of pests. County ...
By Stephen Smoot Brilliantly lovely to look at, but dangerously deadly to American forests, the spotted lantern fly’s ...
The spotted lanternflies have arrived in Montgomery County, and we’ve yet to see the worst of it. On Monday, the Montgomery ...
Portland is bracing for yet another threat to the city’s greenery. The emerald ash borer, a half-inch-long metallic-green ...