A small beetle is responsible for the death and decline of billions of ash trees in North America, and the race is on to stop it from causing further damage. The USDA is hoping to spread the word so ...

Each strip of wood in Richard Silliboy’s hands started as a year of an ash tree’s life. Silliboy, 79, is a member of the Mi’kmaq tribe and a master basketmaker. His blue eyes are kind and frequently ...

There’s a tree killer on the loose in Oregon, and nobody knows how to stop it. An invasive green beetle called the emerald ash borer arrived in the Midwest from Asia, and it’s killed over 100 million ...

A fast-track method of breeding disease-resistant ash trees has been developed by researchers leading efforts to conserve the species. Researchers at the John Innes Center, who have adapted the embryo ...

Traps have been laid as part of a research project to protect native ash trees from an invasive species of insect that can strip a tree bare. The ash sawfly larvae feeds on ash tree leaves between May ...

While Minnesota has been at controlling the spread of the emerald ash borer, in recent years even despite quarantines, it has gotten harder to contain the spread. Credit: Katja Schulz/Creative Commons ...

Picture this: You're walking along White Rock Creek, surrounded by the dense canopy of green. In that canopy, you see the majestic ash trees. One day, a tree gets removed. Maybe you don't notice. Then ...

A Cornell and Nature Conservancy 'Trees in Peril' conservation project is propagating ash trees resistant to emerald ash borer. If successful, the long-term project looks to reintroduce resistant ...