The tall, slender beech trees with their dark green, dense crowns – the very symbol of the temperate forests in Europe – may have disappear from many landscapes by the turn of the next century. Today, ...

As American beech trees go, the one in Jim Berman and Liz Bryant’s backyard is a whopper. At a circumference of 210.5 inches at the base, it’s officially the largest of its species in Indiana. “It is ...

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

All fruit trees, including apple, pear, and plum, should be pruned in the spring as they can be sensitive and don't like to ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

Beech leaf disease is out there once again, decimating beech trees in Massachusetts, as it has in the past. It's a relatively new tree disease, which first appeared in 2012 in Ohio, and has since ...

For over 30 years, Science Friday has made science a topic of conversation around the dinner table. Now, we want to bring you outside for a community science (AKA citizen science) series all about one ...

They were here 40 years ago when I moved in. Only when the stately, smooth gray barked giants on my wooded lot annually dropped their beech nuts, protected in their soft but spiny shells, did I really ...

Yellowing beech tree leaves may not be the result of a natural fall color change and could be due to an invasive species that recently made it to Vermont. Beech leaf disease was suspected in a case ...