A new tree disease has spread in forests in Massachusetts, joining invasive pests and climate change as top priorities for foresters to address. The state has found beech leaf disease in more than 90 ...

Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync up, tuning their reproductive physiology to one another. Within a matter of days, the trees produce all the seeds they’ll ...

European beech trees more than 1,500 kilometers apart all drop their fruit at the same time in a grand synchronization event now linked to the summer solstice. Each summer, like clockwork, millions of ...

Earthwise Aware president Claire O’Neill points out some beech leaves that have a small amount of beech leaf disease at the Middlesex Fells in Winchester. Credit: Jesse Costa, WBUR This article is ...