The biggest concerns with pine needle mulch are its flammability and tendency to attract insects, both of which can cause ...

In between beach days and backyard barbecues, the end of summer is a good time to examine your trees for signs of hazardous invasive insects.

These pests normally attack stressed and dying pine trees and usually do not attack healthy trees.

A Cobb County resident asks how to protect pine trees from beetles. Plus: advice on drying onions indoors and removing overgrown arborvitae.

Not soon before the holiday season, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center reported that damaging pests are being found in pine trees in Louisiana forests. According to LSU AgCenter, the ...

Lastly, pests and diseases can also be culprits behind the browning of your conifers. Bugs like mites, aphids, or even pine beetles can wreak havoc on your trees and shrubs, causing the needles to ...

Pine sawflies are invasive pests that target and subsist on pine tree needles. Learn how to identify and remove them with advice from a local entomologist.

When I learned that southern pine beetles, described in a recent University of New Hampshire press release as “one of the most damaging tree-dwelling insects in the Southeast,” have arrived in ...

The Southern Pine Beetle is one of the most destructive insect pests of pines. In fact, the scientific name Dendroctonus means “tree killer.” ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- State officials are advising Iowans to not bother planting Scotch pine trees because of an infestation of beetles and microscopic worms are killing them.

Whitebark pine trees like a good view. They grow high atop mountains in the West. So many of these trees have died in the past few decades, caused by disease and pests, that the U.S. Fish and ...