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 ...

A new study found differences at the cellular level of leaves from infected Beech trees -- variations that may account for tree mortality. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood ...

Pennsylvania naturalists are keeping an eye on a disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years.

And while it might feel disheartening that such a serious issue started so close to home, it’s also a powerful reflection of the strength of Northeast Ohio’s conservation community. Volk notes that ...

Beech leaf disease has already made its way to 15 states and into Ontario, with alarming results. By Margaret Roach I am hardly alone among gardeners who have called upon a copper-leaved European ...

Look up through the leaves of almost any native hardwood forest in Southern Berkshire County today, and you might notice an unhealthy, strange striping to some beech leaves. Then, on closer ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. There is a worm growing in Brooklyn, millions of them, actually, and, for a ...

SWAMPSCOTT — The grand beech tree has stood for 100 years in Linscott Park, providing a reprieve from the sun on hot days for children and adults who visit the grassy spot across from the ocean. It ...

WESTFIELD — Newlyweds posed for portraits in front of it, children shared snacks under it, and bands performed beneath it, sheltered by its shade. But sadly, the stately beech tree that has stood at ...

A leaf from a tree in West Rock Ridge State Park in New Haven shows symptoms of infection from Beech Leaf Disease. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood products, and sustenance for ...