New Orleans residents marveled in wonder this week after a rare winter storm dropped a historic 10 inches of snow on the Crescent City. While the storm turned downtown into a beautiful winter ...

A drive to the mountains in San Diego County means you're surrounded by nature, trees especially, which have been facing a major threat from something so small you might not even notice it. You will ...

Ron Durbin, who trekked with a group into a rugged Santa Clarita canyon, quickly spotted nearby trees pockmarked with D-shaped “exit holes,” a deadly calling card. This was the work of the goldspotted ...

It’s less than a half-inch long but it can fell a giant oak tree in no time. The goldspotted oak borer, GSOB or Agrilus auroguttatus, is a 0.4-inch bullet-shaped beetle with six golden spots on its ...

Q: I live in a rural area that is surrounded by large oak trees. They attract a variety of squirrels and other wildlife. Other than fencing off every tree, is there any way of protecting fruit trees ...

Some of Sacramento's most iconic trees may soon be at risk and the culprit is a tiny beetle capable of killing valley and blue oak trees. The pests, called Mediterranean oak borers, were first ...

Q: We planted this oak in 1997. It has never had acorns on it until this year, and now it’s loaded. Is that unusual? Anything we need to know about? A: Oaks, like pecans and other nut-bearing trees, ...