EMPIRE, MICH. -- The latest effort to combat a disease affecting beech trees at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will continue after its initial project was deemed a success. Through a ...

A new disease impacting beech trees has spread across the state, and foresters in the Northeast believe it could be potentially devastating. Beech leaf disease was first detected in Ohio in 2012 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fall in Northeast Ohio wouldn't be the same without the golden-yellow color of beech trees' oblong shaped leaves. But an invasive ...

She said the problem is microscopic worms called nematodes are eating the trees, which can cause the trees to die rapidly. According to the state, the first infected tree was found in Plymouth County ...

Even if you don’t recognize the American beech by name, you’ve surely seen the tree: it has distinctive, smooth, gray bark, often carved with people’s initials. In fact, beeches are the most common ...

A mysterious new disease called beech leaf disease, or BLD, is rapidly killing beech trees across New York State. BLD affects all species of beech trees, including American and European cultivars, ...

Trees tolerate high heat, but drought pushes them past their limits, causing lasting leaf damage, a new study finds.