Islanders are being urged to take precautions to prevent the spread of a tree fungus that has now been detected in three areas of P.E.I. Butternut canker is a fast-spreading disease that attacks ...

With the help of a new grant, a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota researchers are studying oak wilt, an invasive fungus that is threatening Minnesota’s oak tree population. Sometimes ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Another tree-killing fungus has been found in the Tri-State Area. As CBS2's Elise Finch reported Monday, the oak wilt fungus until recently was only impacting trees in upstate ...

The Birmingham Zoo will have to cut down and remove "at least" 75 large oak trees that have shown signs of infection by a tree fungus, Zoo officials tell AL.com. The fungus, called Hypoxylon canker ...

Following the hot, dry summer, subsequent wet weather means good times ahead for some fungi as indicated by the emergence of ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees are among the earth's most useful and beautiful products of nature.

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Identifying a dormant tree is not nearly as complicated as it might seem at ...

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A fungus that's deadly to butternut trees has been found on the Island, and there is no known cure. (Clay Cutting - image credit) Islanders are being urged to take precautions to prevent the spread of ...