Carpenter ants often get the blame when a tree dies and thousands of the little scurriers are found running in and out the crime scene. The truth is they didn’t do it. The ants were just taking ...

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, snags are utilized by 43 species of birds and perhaps as many as 26 species of mammals throughout the Midwest.

Tree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts. But new research suggests that when they run out of space in their trees of choice, the ants can get destructive to neighboring ...

President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the economy in Rome, Georgia. by KOMO-TV TOPICS: Termites are notorious for the way they affect wood, eating their way into spaces that didn't previously ...

Q: The arborvitae in the photo is on the south corner of my house and was planted about four years ago. In the winter it was wrapped in burlap, and weathered the previous years fine, but this year it ...

I have been seeing some large and small black ants in my kitchen over the last few days and have also noticed them crawling up the trunk of one of my old maple trees. There appears to be sawdust at ...

The ants are taking advantage of the soft, decayed wood that is already present in the tree. A previous injury to the bark, trunk, branches or roots has allowed disease and decay to exist in the tree.