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Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...

A potentially devastating disease epidemic is attacking our region's most common evergreen trees. Colorado, Black Hills and Norway spruce have long been planted in yards and shelterbelts. Most of the ...

It may not be as good as saving the whole tree, but it appears likely the state will try to save at least a part of the beloved Sitka spruce fondly dubbed by locals as the Yaquina Bay Muscle Tree. “I ...

Gigantic glistening snowflakes gently tumbled from the gray sky to land on thick branches of the spruce outside the picture window. Although I had a long list of things to do, the swirling snowflakes ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Colorado blue spruce is not native to Indiana (no spruce is!), and it often suffers from environmental stresses such as drought, excessive heat, humidity, and compacted or ...

We were pushing through head-high willows along a brushy caribou trail, five days into our week-long trek across Alaska's Noatak valley, when my hiking partner, Brad Meiklejohn, startled me with a ...