How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

The Orsillus maculatus was found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists, arriving in cypress cones ...

Because they're so tiny and hard to detect, scale insects are best banished from your trees by introducing their natural ...

The Cooperative Extension Plant Clinic can provide information on scale insect control, urban tree care, and other horticultural problems.

Stick bugs are a fascinating insect variety. They have uniquely camouflaged bodies that make them fun models in science education. But their eating habits can devastate trees and damage forests.

Colorado's forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees -- mostly due to insects and disease -- have caused the state's forests to emit more carbon than they absorbed in recent years, ...

These half-inch long, invasive Orsillus maculatus, a spore-spreading seed bug, were found inside undeclared cypress cones at ...

Fossil evidence indicates that leaf-eating insects have been feeding on Eucalyptus trees for at least 52 million years, with similar damage patterns observed on both ancient and modern leaves.

New York’s forests are in trouble. Tiny, destructive insects are spreading fast, killing trees that have stood for hundreds ...