Adventure Scientists is looking for volunteers to take part in its new Tracking Eastern Hemlock Project, a way to identify the endangered eastern hemlock trees in the area. Researchers need outdoor ...

Currently, the hemlock trees in Tennessee's Cherokee National Forest and across the Eastern United States are threatened by the hemlock woolly adelgid, a tiny invasive insect that infests hemlock ...

The Master Gardeners of Hamilton County, in association with the University of Tennessee Extension, opens their 2025 monthly series of Third Saturday Free Gardening Classes this Saturday at 10 ...

Previous studies have studied the impact of the road or land use on plant species diversity separately and have concentrated on a single plant species. Here we compare the plant diversity of ...

Oak wilt is an invasive fungal disease spread by sap-feeding beetles that can kill all oak species. The disease is common in east-central and southeastern ... are attracted to the sap from fresh ...

Not every animal, insect and plant that is in Tennessee should be here. Take a look at some of the most invasive species in the state.

KINGSTON, Jamaica–The Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) has made its way to Jamaica, bringing with it significant ecological and economic concerns. While this invasive species ...

The year’s first deadly US tornado struck after dark Thursday, killing two people in a small East Tennessee community as the ...