Streetlights left on all night cause leaves to become so tough that insects cannot eat them, threatening the food chain, a study has found. “We noticed that, compared with natural ecosystems, tree ...

Angela Mech, assistant professor of Entomology at University of Maine, has been leading the research for the i-Tree pest predictor. Mech specializes in invasive forest insects. University of Maine ...

University of Alberta research provides new insight into how harmful fungal infections could affect the ability of lodgepole pines to defend themselves from deadly mountain pine beetle attacks. Using ...

DROUGHT ON TREES ACROSS OUR STATE. IT’S A12 PUNCH BROUGHT ON BY DROUGHT. TREES ARE LESS VIGOROUS IS WEAKER AND MORE VULNERABLE. INVASIVE INSECTS. SOME AREAS ARE ALREADY SEEING THE EFFECTS, THE SPONGY ...

Urban trees lit by streetlights tend to have tougher leaves that are eaten less by insects than trees that see dark nights. The researchers who discovered the pattern say it could have a detrimental ...

MADISON, Wis. -- As trees leafed out this spring, an international group of researchers is headed to northern Wisconsin to continue a long-term study that is revealing how air pollution affects ...

The steady glow from streetlights is changing the texture of tree leaves, making them less appetizing to insects, according to new research from China. Light pollution and fog combining to blur a New ...