Firewood makes your home feel warmer long before you strike a match, but it also turns your yard into prime real estate for insects and rodents if you stack it the wrong way. When you keep your logs ...

Dear Jamie: Stopping insects before they enter your house is always better than trying to treat an infestation once it is established. Insects can cause direct structural damage or increase the wood’s ...

A raised garden bed should be a sanctuary for thriving plants, rich soil, and the quiet satisfaction of watching vegetables and flowers flourish. Unfortunately, that same cozy wooden structure can ...

Blacksburg, Va. -- Virginia Tech wood scientists hope that their vacuum-drying project will benefit wood pallet and container manufacturers and hardwood sawmill businesses across the nation. "The ...

Infestation rates of bark- and wood-boring insects in wooden packing materials decreased by up to 52 percent from 2003 to 2009 after the implementation of International Standards for Phytosanitary ...

State agencies are asking the public to keep an eye out for invasive insects known for boring into trees. The Washington Invasive Species Council, Washington State Department of Natural Resources ...

Insect infestation is becoming an increasingly costly problem to the forestry industry, especially in areas experiencing increased droughts and hot spells related to climate change. A new terahertz ...

There are two separate tree species that are called white-cedar. Northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis), also called arborvitae or just cedar (there are over 40 local names), grows in Quebec to ...

Did you know that when you leave the dead tree stump in the yard, or you pile up the limbs that you pruned from your tree, you are going to bring more life to your yard? The typical reaction to a dead ...