DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Oak wilt is a devastating, incurable fungus that is slowly spreading over a large part of the United States. First found in Wisconsin in the 1930s, it arrived in North Texas in ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

Michigan, there have been multiple confirmed reports of oak wilt in Isabella, Clare, and Gratiot counties. Even more cases ...

An invasive fungus is wreaking havoc on local oak trees. Oak wilt disease is fast-moving, killing some trees in less than a year. Local experts showed Channel 11′s Lisa Sylvester what to watch out for ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Several cases of oak wilt fungus have been confirmed in the Bird Hills Nature Area after a concerned resident reported a tree that looked unhealthy to city officials.

During the period between April 15 and July 15, beetles actively carry spores of fungus from tree to tree, meaning oak trees are at high risk for infection with oak wilt. Oak trees with wounds in ...

MISSOURI (KSNF/KODE) — University of Missouri Extension’s Plant Diagnostic Clinic, in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), is offering free testing for all common oak tree ...

Do you have an oak tree? You could save its life by putting your chainsaw down and not pruning it right away, according to the Michigan DNR. Oak trees are at high risk for oak wilt infection between ...

The Mediterranean oak borer, an invasive beetle known to trasmit a sometimes fatal fungus to Oregon white oak trees, has been ...

A devastating pest that has killed tens of millions of oak trees in California was discovered for the first time in Minnesota, researchers announced this week. The “sudden oak death” pathogen, which ...

An invasive insect from Europe and the Middle East is attacking several Oregon white oak trees in the Wilsonville area, and state researchers say it's been found in other pest traps in the past few ...