Rhode Island is mobilizing a small army of "tiny but mighty" bugs to help save its majestic hemlock trees. Brought into the Ocean State from Virginia, the predator beetles named Laricobius nigrinus ...

Are you a hiker or a biker? A discoverer or outdoor lover? This is your chance to make a big impact on Tennessee's trails. Adventure Scientists is looking for volunteers to take part in its new ...

SIMSBURY, CT (WFSB) - Japanese Lady beetles were released across Simsbury as a means to save hemlock trees. Town officials, in conjunction with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and a ...

Eastern hemlock trees are a vital foundation species in Pennsylvania forests, supporting the ecosystem and enhancing aesthetics. The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an invasive insect, poses a serious ...

Eastern hemlock trees like these growing along Tracy Run in Allegheny National Forest are considered "keystone species" — meaning, they play fundamental roles stabilizing the forest ecology. The U.S.

The fight is far from over, but scientists are increasingly optimistic that once-ubiquitous eastern hemlock trees might, with help, bounce back from a 50-year assault by invasive woolly adelgids. Tags ...

While some pesticides such as the neonicotinoid imidacloprid do save hemlocks from the adelgid, widespread chemical treatment of hemlocks in forests across their eastern range is impractical.

RICHMOND, Va. — A beetle the size of a single grain of rice is the latest best hope for hemlocks in the Southeast that have been felled by the millions by an invasive bug. The beetle eats only one ...

PINEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An aphid-like insect no bigger than an ink pen dot has been turning picturesque hemlock forests from Maine to Georgia into grotesque collections of barren trunks and broken ...

Plans are in the works to release an insect into the Catskills that will consume another insect that is ravishing the hemlock tree population. The plan will be administered by the state Department of ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A beetle the size of a single grain of rice is the latest best hope for hemlocks in the Southeast that have been felled by the millions by an invasive bug.