A new, invasive insect species has been detected in Ohio for the first time, authorities said. The elm zigzag sawfly was spotted by researchers infesting elm trees in both Franklin and Delaware ...

Scientists with the Nature Conservancy and Forest Service have been raising American elms that are bred to be resistant to ...

A new invasive insect has been found infesting Ohio elm trees. The elm zigzag sawfly is a caterpillar-like insect native to Asia, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. It was first ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- An invasive insect that's originally from East Asia has arrived in North Carolina, according to researchers at NC State. The elm zigzag sawfly, or Aproceros leucopoda, first ...

The North Carolina Forest Service has been receiving reports of scorched-looking elm trees throughout central North Carolina, from Davidson to Johnston counties. But Jim Slye, the service’s Forest ...

BECKET — There’s a tiny insect new to Berkshire County that is munching on leaves, giving some trees a ghostly, wintry appearance even in the midst of summer — entirely defoliating elms. The elm ...

RENO BOTTOMS - The elm tree that towered over Andy Meier was a survivor. At 37 inches around and about 150 years old, it had so far avoided Dutch elm disease, the fungus that wiped out many of its ...

Elm trees (Ulmus spp.) have endured repeated assaults by fungal pathogens, most notably those causing Dutch elm disease (DED). Infection typically initiates with bark beetle vectors introducing cerato ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — An invasive insect that’s originally from East Asia has arrived in North Carolina, according to researchers at NC State. The elm zigzag sawfly, or Aproceros leucopoda, first ...